faction

Meaning

1. (countable) A group of people, especially within a political organization, which expresses a shared belief or opinion different from people who are not part of the group.
2. (uncountable) Strife; discord.

Synonyms

party

🥳

clique

group

side

sect

cabal

junto

coterie

gang

camarilla

splinter group

splinter

wing

🪽

branch

school

🏫

clan

dissension

political party

bloc

division

fraction

fragment

infighting

inner circle

junta

art

🎨

organization

pole

political group

schism

section

sector

send

set

thymus

tributary

view

-ite

separation from

league

assign

association

band

block

breakaway

caucus

cause

combination

communion

company

Translations

faction

facción

facção

Clique

fazione

Faktion

Partei

Fraktion

φατρία

parti

partij

🥳

fracción

hizip

διχόνοια

secte

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfæk.ʃən/

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French faction, from Latin factiō (“a group of people acting together, a political faction”), noun of process from perfect passive participle factus, from faciō (“do, make”). Doublet of fashion.