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factional

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fac⋅tion⋅al

  [fak-shuh-nl]
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–adjective
1. of a faction or factions.
2. self-interested; partisan: Factional interests had obstructed justice.
Origin:
1640–50; faction 1 + -al 1

Related forms:
fac⋅tion⋅al⋅ism, noun
fac⋅tion⋅al⋅ist, noun
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fac·tion 1   (fāk'shən)   
n.  

  1. A group of persons forming a cohesive, usually contentious minority within a larger group.

  2. Conflict within an organization or nation; internal dissension: "Our own beloved country . . . is now afflicted with faction and civil war" (Abraham Lincoln).


[French, from Latin factiō, factiōn-, from factus, past participle of facere, to do; see dhē- in Indo-European roots.]
fac'tion·al adj., fac'tion·al·ism n., fac'tion·al·ly adv.
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