"faction" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfæk.ʃən/, /ˈfæk.ʃn̩/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-faction.wav Forms: factions [plural]
Rhymes: -ækʃən 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. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*dʰeh₁-}}, {{bor+|en|frm|faction}} Borrowed from Middle French faction, {{der|en|la|factiō||a group of people acting together, a political faction}} Latin factiō (“a group of people acting together, a political faction”), {{doublet|en|fashion}} Doublet of fashion Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} faction (countable and uncountable, plural factions)
  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. Tags: countable Translations (group of people): fraksion [masculine] (Albanian), αἵρεσις (haíresis) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), فَرِيق (farīq) [masculine] (Arabic), زَمْرَة (zamra) [feminine] (Arabic), عُصْبَة (ʕuṣba) (Arabic), فَصِيلَة (faṣīla) [feminine] (Arabic), حَلْقَة (ḥalqa) [feminine] (Arabic), խմբակցություն (xmbakcʻutʻyun) (Armenian), faición [feminine] (Asturian), fraksiya (Azerbaijani), фра́кцыя (frákcyja) [feminine] (Belarusian), клі́ка (klíka) [feminine] (Belarusian), крыло́ (kryló) [neuter] (Belarusian), групава́нне (hrupavánnje) [neuter] (Belarusian), фра́кция (frákcija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), кли́ка (klíka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), facció [feminine] (Catalan), 幫派 (Chinese Mandarin), 帮派 (bāngpài) (Chinese Mandarin), 派別 (Chinese Mandarin), 派别 (pàibié) (Chinese Mandarin), 派系 (pàixì) (Chinese Mandarin), (pài) (Chinese Mandarin), frakce [feminine] (Czech), křídlo [neuter] (Czech), klika [feminine] (Czech), fraktion [common-gender] (Danish), fractie [feminine] (Dutch), factie [feminine] (Dutch), fakcio (Esperanto), fraktsioon (Estonian), siipi (Finnish), suuntaus (Finnish), faktio (Finnish), fraktio (Finnish), faction [feminine] (French), ფრაქცია (prakcia) (Georgian), Fraktion [feminine] (German), Flügel [masculine] (German), Seite [feminine] (German), φράξια (fráxia) [feminine] (Greek), סִיעָה (si'á) [feminine] (Hebrew), गुट (guṭ) [masculine] (Hindi), दल (dal) [masculine] (Hindi), klikk (Hungarian), frakció (Hungarian), faksi (Indonesian), fazione [feminine] (Italian), 派閥 (habatsu) (alt: はばつ) (Japanese), фракция (fraksiä) (Kazakh), 파벌 (pabeol) (alt: 派閥) (Korean), фракция (fraktsiya) (Kyrgyz), группировка (gruppirovka) (Kyrgyz), pars (Latin), frakcija [feminine] (Latvian), frakcija [feminine] (Lithuanian), фракција (frakcija) [feminine] (Macedonian), uepū (Maori), गट (gaṭ) [masculine] (Marathi), fraksjon [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), fraksjon [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), frakcja [feminine] (Polish), stronnictwo [neuter] (Polish), facção [Brazil, feminine] (Portuguese), fação [Portugal] (Portuguese), facțiune [feminine] (Romanian), fracțiune [feminine] (Romanian), фра́кция (frákcija) [feminine] (Russian), группиро́вка (gruppiróvka) [feminine] (Russian), кли́ка (klíka) [feminine] (Russian), крыло́ (kryló) [neuter] (Russian), фра̀кција [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), fràkcija [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), frakcia [feminine] (Slovak), krídlo [neuter] (Slovak), klika [feminine] (Slovak), frakcija [feminine] (Slovene), skupina [feminine] (Slovene), facción [feminine] (Spanish), fraktion [common-gender] (Swedish), фраксия (fraksiya) (Tajik), fraksiyon (Turkish), фра́кція (frákcija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), клі́ка (klíka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), угрупо́вання (uhrupóvannja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), крило́ (kryló) [neuter] (Ukrainian), fraksiya (Uzbek), đảng phái (Vietnamese)
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  2. (uncountable) Strife; discord. Tags: uncountable Translations (strife): разногла́сие (raznoglásie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), раздо́р (razdór) [masculine] (Bulgarian), rozkol [masculine] (Czech), rozpor [masculine] (Czech), Spaltung [feminine] (German), διχόνοια (dichónoia) [feminine] (Greek), φαγωμάρα (fagomára) [feminine] (Greek), dezbinare [feminine] (Romanian), rivalitate [feminine] (Romanian), vrajbă [feminine] (Romanian), раздо́ры (razdóry) [masculine, plural] (Russian), ра́спри (ráspri) [feminine, plural] (Russian), интри́ги (intrígi) [feminine, plural] (Russian), разногла́сие (raznoglásije) [neuter] (Russian), eadar-dhealachadh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), nifak (Turkish)
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Derived forms: factional, factionalize Related terms: -faction, fact, factor, factorial, factory, fashion, splinter group
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈfæk.ʃən/, /ˈfæk.ʃn̩/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-faction.wav
Rhymes: -ækʃən Etymology: Blend of fact + fiction. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|fact|fiction}} Blend of fact + fiction Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} faction (uncountable)
  1. (literature, film) A form of literature, film etc., that treats real people or events as if they were fiction; a mix of fact and fiction. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Film, Literature
    Sense id: en-faction-en-noun-en:genre Topics: broadcasting, film, literature, media, publishing, television
  2. The facts found in fiction. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Collectives, Literary genres
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: science faction Related terms: nonfiction novel
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "group of people",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
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      "sense": "group of people",
      "word": "ფრაქცია"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "group of people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Fraktion"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "group of people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Flügel"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "group of people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Seite"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "fráxia",
      "sense": "group of people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "φράξια"
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        "feminine"
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      "word": "αἵρεσις"
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      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "si'á",
      "sense": "group of people",
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        "feminine"
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      "word": "סִיעָה"
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      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "guṭ",
      "sense": "group of people",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "गुट"
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    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "dal",
      "sense": "group of people",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "दल"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "group of people",
      "word": "klikk"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "group of people",
      "word": "frakció"
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    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "group of people",
      "word": "faksi"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "group of people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    {
      "alt": "はばつ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "habatsu",
      "sense": "group of people",
      "word": "派閥"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "fraksiä",
      "sense": "group of people",
      "word": "фракция"
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    {
      "alt": "派閥",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "pabeol",
      "sense": "group of people",
      "word": "파벌"
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      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
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    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "gruppirovka",
      "sense": "group of people",
      "word": "группировка"
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    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "group of people",
      "word": "pars"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "group of people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "frakcija"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "group of people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "frakcija"
    },
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "frakcija",
      "sense": "group of people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "фракција"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "group of people",
      "word": "uepū"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "gaṭ",
      "sense": "group of people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "गट"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "group of people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fraksjon"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "group of people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fraksjon"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "group of people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "frakcja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "group of people",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "stronnictwo"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "group of people",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "facção"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "group of people",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "group of people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "facțiune"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "group of people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fracțiune"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "frákcija",
      "sense": "group of people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "фра́кция"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gruppiróvka",
      "sense": "group of people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "группиро́вка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "klíka",
      "sense": "group of people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "кли́ка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kryló",
      "sense": "group of people",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "крыло́"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "group of people",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "фра̀кција"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "group of people",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fràkcija"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "group of people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "frakcia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "group of people",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "krídlo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "group of people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "klika"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "group of people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "frakcija"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "group of people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "skupina"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "group of people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "facción"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "group of people",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "fraktion"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "fraksiya",
      "sense": "group of people",
      "word": "фраксия"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "group of people",
      "word": "fraksiyon"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "frákcija",
      "sense": "group of people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "фра́кція"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "klíka",
      "sense": "group of people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "клі́ка"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "uhrupóvannja",
      "sense": "group of people",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "угрупо́вання"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kryló",
      "sense": "group of people",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "крило́"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "group of people",
      "word": "fraksiya"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "group of people",
      "word": "đảng phái"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "raznoglásie",
      "sense": "strife",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "разногла́сие"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "razdór",
      "sense": "strife",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "раздо́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "strife",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rozkol"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "strife",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rozpor"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "strife",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Spaltung"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "dichónoia",
      "sense": "strife",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "διχόνοια"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "fagomára",
      "sense": "strife",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "φαγωμάρα"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "strife",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dezbinare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "strife",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rivalitate"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "strife",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vrajbă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razdóry",
      "sense": "strife",
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      "word": "раздо́ры"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "ráspri",
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        "feminine",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "intrígi",
      "sense": "strife",
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        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "интри́ги"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "raznoglásije",
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        "neuter"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "strife",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "eadar-dhealachadh"
    },
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "strife",
      "word": "nifak"
    }
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  ],
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}

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