See Also: faction(medicine)
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faction(3)(dictionary)
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Faction - Wrestling(gambling)

faction (oh)



[Date: 1400-1500; Language: French; Origin: Latin factio 'act of making'; FASHION1]
[C] a small group of people within a larger group, who have different ideas from the other members, and who try to get their own ideas accepted
::struggles between the different factions within the party
::the leaders of the warring factions
[U] formal disagreements and arguments between different groups within an organization
::jealousy and faction
-- factional adj
::factional conflict