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"sense": "group of people",
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "group of people",
"word": "幫派"
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bāngpài",
"sense": "group of people",
"word": "帮派"
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"sense": "group of people",
"word": "派別"
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"lang": "Georgian",
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"word": "ფრაქცია"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "group of people",
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"word": "Flügel"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "group of people",
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"word": "Seite"
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"tags": [
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"roman": "haíresis",
"sense": "group of people",
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"word": "αἵρεσις"
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"roman": "si'á",
"sense": "group of people",
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"word": "סִיעָה"
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"alt": "はばつ",
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"sense": "group of people",
"word": "派閥"
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"roman": "fraksiä",
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"sense": "group of people",
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"ref": "1805, Johann Georg Cleminius, Englisches Lesebuch für Kaufleute, page 188",
"text": "Publick [sic] affairs soon fell into the utmost confusion, and in this state of faction and perplexity, the island continued, until its re-capture by the French in 1779.",
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"ref": "2001, Odd Magne Bakke, \"Concord and Peace\": A Rhetorical Analysis of the First Letter of Clement With an Emphasis on the Language of Unity and Sedition, publ. Mohr Siebeck, page 89",
"text": "He asks the audience if they believe that they will be more loved by the gods if the city is in a state of faction than if they govern the city with good order and concord.",
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"Strife; discord."
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