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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Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 10 May 2025
Another faction within the Trump administration wants to slow China’s growth to maintain U.S. geopolitical supremacy.
—Ann Scott Tyson, Christian Science Monitor, 9 May 2025
Stories and secrets In between chapters, Doom: The Dark Ages breaks things up with some extremely ponderous cutscenes featuring a number of religious and political factions, both demon and human, jockeying for position and control in an interdimensional war.
—ArsTechnica, 9 May 2025
In December, a consortium of rebel factions led by the group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham unexpectedly toppled the dictator Bashar al-Assad, whose family had ruled Syria for five decades.
—David Makovsky, Foreign Affairs, 6 May 2025
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Noun
That being said, Mysterio’s Judgment Day faction is and has been on its last legs for a while now.
—Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 10 May 2025
Another faction within the Trump administration wants to slow China’s growth to maintain U.S. geopolitical supremacy.
—Ann Scott Tyson, Christian Science Monitor, 9 May 2025
Stories and secrets In between chapters, Doom: The Dark Ages breaks things up with some extremely ponderous cutscenes featuring a number of religious and political factions, both demon and human, jockeying for position and control in an interdimensional war.
—ArsTechnica, 9 May 2025
In December, a consortium of rebel factions led by the group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham unexpectedly toppled the dictator Bashar al-Assad, whose family had ruled Syria for five decades.
—David Makovsky, Foreign Affairs, 6 May 2025
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“Faction.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/faction. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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