1
: a party or group (as within a government) that is often contentious or self-seeking : clique
The committee soon split into factions.
2
: party spirit especially when marked by dissension
faction, or the irreconcilable conflict of parties—
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: making : -fication
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Noun
The committee soon split into factions.
several factions within the environmental movement have joined forces to save this wilderness area
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Gabriel Zamora, PCMAG, 22 Jan. 2025
Clashes between rival cartel factions have recently turned the northwest state of Sinaloa into a war zone.
—Simon Romero, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2025
Two of the killers, said to be from López Serrano’s cartel faction, have been convicted in Mexican courts.
—Keegan Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025
Although Ford eventually triumphed narrowly, Reagan demonstrated the political potential of using U.S. control of the canal to signal support for American hegemony in a way that energized and united different factions on the right.
—Aaron Coy Moulton / Made By History, TIME, 16 Jan. 2025
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Noun
This upcoming Souls-like action RPG is set in the dark realm of Shu, where warring factions and a mysterious monster-spawning plague plunge the world into ruin.
—Gabriel Zamora, PCMAG, 22 Jan. 2025
Clashes between rival cartel factions have recently turned the northwest state of Sinaloa into a war zone.
—Simon Romero, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2025
Two of the killers, said to be from López Serrano’s cartel faction, have been convicted in Mexican courts.
—Keegan Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025
Although Ford eventually triumphed narrowly, Reagan demonstrated the political potential of using U.S. control of the canal to signal support for American hegemony in a way that energized and united different factions on the right.
—Aaron Coy Moulton / Made By History, TIME, 16 Jan. 2025
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“Faction.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/faction. Accessed 26 Jan. 2025.
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