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—
Ernest Barker
Ernest Barker
: making : -fication
petrifaction
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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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Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 26 Feb. 2025
A couple of smash hits at the box office (Wicked and Dune: Part Two) scored a clutch of nominations, while comparatively cult hits The Substance and Emilia Pérez have commanded their own factions of support.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 26 Feb. 2025
Israel has in the past said that surveillance footage recovered in Khan Younis showed that the Bibas family was at a site belonging to the Mujahideen Brigades, a militant faction allied to Hamas.
—Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN, 21 Feb. 2025
During the 2015 election cycle, alt-right online factions depicted Donald Trump in half-ironic terms as God-Emperor Trump, drawing on the Dune books and the Warhammer video game.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 18 Feb. 2025
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Until then, any game that wants to implement gameplay involving showdowns, factions, and bitter NPC feelings toward a player must either differentiate it enough to avoid infringement, license it from Warner Brothers, or gamble on WB Games' legal attention.
—Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 26 Feb. 2025
A couple of smash hits at the box office (Wicked and Dune: Part Two) scored a clutch of nominations, while comparatively cult hits The Substance and Emilia Pérez have commanded their own factions of support.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 26 Feb. 2025
Israel has in the past said that surveillance footage recovered in Khan Younis showed that the Bibas family was at a site belonging to the Mujahideen Brigades, a militant faction allied to Hamas.
—Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN, 21 Feb. 2025
During the 2015 election cycle, alt-right online factions depicted Donald Trump in half-ironic terms as God-Emperor Trump, drawing on the Dune books and the Warhammer video game.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 18 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for faction
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“Faction.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/faction. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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