splinter group

noun

: a group of people that has separated from a larger group (such as a political party)

Examples of splinter group in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Three men were acquitted of murder Friday in the 2019 killing of Belfast journalist Lyra McKee, who was shot by a member of a dissident Irish Republican Army splinter group while covering a riot in Northern Ireland. — ABC News, 3 July 2026

At a gathering of activists at the Chicago Coliseum in 1969, Dohrn led a march out of the stadium, a splinter group that felt the time was right for militant action against the government. — Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 23 Apr. 2026

The remaining members of the original group then hunted and killed all the males in the splinter group. — Evan Bush, NBC news, 9 Apr. 2026

Their splinter group seems to be growing into a sizable coalition. — Miles Klee, Wired News, 16 Mar. 2026

Rhymes for splinter group

• intergroup
• intragroup
• multigroup
• semigroup
• serogroup
• supergroup
• coop
• coupe
• croup
• droop
• drupe
• dupe