faction
noun
[ ˈfakʃ(ə)n ]
• a small organized dissenting group within a larger one, especially in politics.
• "the left-wing faction of the party"
Similar:
clique,
coterie,
caucus,
cabal,
bloc,
camp,
group,
grouping,
side,
sector,
section,
wing,
arm,
branch,
division,
contingent,
set,
ring,
lobby,
ginger group,
pressure group,
splinter group,
fringe movement,
minority group,
Origin:
late 15th century (denoting the action of doing or making something): via French from Latin factio(n- ), from facere ‘do, make’.
faction
noun
• a literary and cinematic genre in which real events are used as a basis for a fictional narrative or dramatization.
• "the current vogue for faction seems about to overwhelm narrative history"
Origin:
1960s: blend of fact and fiction.
-faction
combining form
• in nouns of action derived from verbs ending in -fy (such as liquefaction from liquefy ).
Origin:
from Latin factio(n)-, from facere ‘do, make’.
