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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Glenn Garner, Deadline, 19 Apr. 2026
Judge Nathan Vu on April 10 granted the city’s motion for a judgment notwithstanding the verdict, which found that while workplace political factions may be toxic, they are not legally protected classes under California employment law.
—Mona Darwish, Oc Register, 18 Apr. 2026
In those three days, Serafini testified to multiple affairs, committing insurance fraud, lying to investigators, frequent drug use, selling drugs, heading up a faction of White inmates in jail and having a restraining order placed against him by his first wife.
—Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 17 Apr. 2026
The new lawsuit joins a post-trial landscape littered with back-and-forth lawsuits between various factions.
—Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 16 Apr. 2026
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Noun
In the original books, Divergent (2011), Insurgent (2012) and Allegiant (2013), Tris Prior is a teen girl living in post-apocalyptic Chicago, where society is split into five factions.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 19 Apr. 2026
Judge Nathan Vu on April 10 granted the city’s motion for a judgment notwithstanding the verdict, which found that while workplace political factions may be toxic, they are not legally protected classes under California employment law.
—Mona Darwish, Oc Register, 18 Apr. 2026
In those three days, Serafini testified to multiple affairs, committing insurance fraud, lying to investigators, frequent drug use, selling drugs, heading up a faction of White inmates in jail and having a restraining order placed against him by his first wife.
—Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 17 Apr. 2026
The new lawsuit joins a post-trial landscape littered with back-and-forth lawsuits between various factions.
—Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 16 Apr. 2026
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“Faction.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/faction. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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