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FACTION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue
Synonyms:
cabal; camarilla; faction; junto
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("faction" is a kind of...):
camp; clique; coterie; ingroup; inner circle; pack (an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose)
Meronyms (members of "faction"):
cabalist (a member of a cabal)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A dissenting clique
Synonyms:
faction; sect
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("faction" is a kind of...):
camp; clique; coterie; ingroup; inner circle; pack (an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "faction"):
splinter group (a faction or sect that has broken away from its parent organization)
left; left wing (those who support varying degrees of social or political or economic change designed to promote the public welfare)
right; right wing (those who support political or social or economic conservatism; those who believe that things are better left unchanged)
old guard (a faction that is unwilling to accept new ideas)
pro-choice faction (those who argue that the decision to have an induced abortion should be made by the mother)
pro-life faction (those who argue that induced abortion is killing and should be prohibited)
Derivation:
factious (dissenting (especially dissenting with the majority opinion))
