faction

See also: -faction and fraction

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English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfæk.ʃən/, /ˈfæk.ʃn̩/
• Rhymes: -ækʃən

Etymology 1

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.

Noun

faction (plural factions)

1. 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.
   • 1748, David Hume, “Of Parties in General — How factions arise and contend.”, in Essays, Moral and Political:

     Real factions may be divided into those from interest, from principle, and from affection

2. Strife; discord.
   • 1805, Johann Georg Cleminius, Englisches Lesebuch für Kaufleute, pg. 188:

     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.

   • 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, →ISBN, pg. 89:

     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.

Derived terms

• factional
• factionalize

Related terms

Terms etymologically related to faction (etymology 1)

• -faction
• fact

• factor
• factorial

• factory
• fashion

Translations

group of people

• Armenian: խմբակցություն (hy) (xmbakcʿutʿyun)
• Belarusian: фра́кцыя f (frákcyja)
• Bulgarian: фра́кция (bg) f (frákcija), кли́ка (bg) f (klíka)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 幫派 (zh), 帮派 (zh) (bāngpài), 派別 (zh), 派别 (zh) (pàibié), 派系 (zh) (pàixì), 派 (zh) (pài)

• Czech: frakce (cs) f, křídlo (cs) n, klika (cs) f
• Danish: fraktion c
• Dutch: fractie (nl) f
• Esperanto: fakcio
• Finnish: siipi (fi), suuntaus (fi)
• French: faction (fr) f
• Georgian: ფრაქცია (prakcia)
• German: Fraktion (de) f, Seite (de) f
• Greek: φατρία (el) f (fatría)
• Hungarian: klikk (hu)
• Japanese: 派閥 (ja) (はばつ, habatsu)
• Korean: 파벌 (ko) (pabeol)
• Kyrgyz: фракция (ky) (fraktsiya), группировка (ky) (gruppirovka)
• Latin: pars (la)

• Latvian: frakcija f
• Lithuanian: frakcija f
• Macedonian: фракција f (frakcija)
• Maori: uepū
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: fraksjon m

• Polish: frakcja (pl) f, stronnictwo (pl) n
• Portuguese: facção (pt) f
• Romanian: facțiune (ro), fracțiune (ro) f
• Russian: фра́кция (ru) f (frákcija), группиро́вка (ru) f (gruppiróvka), кли́ка (ru) f (klíka), крыло (ru) (krylo)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: фракција f

  Roman: frakcija (sh) f

• Slovak: frakcia f, krídlo (sk) n, klika f
• Slovene: frakcija f
• Spanish: facción (es) f
• Swedish: fraktion (sv) c
• Ukrainian: фра́кція f (frákcija)

strife

• Bulgarian: разногласие (bg) n (raznoglasie), раздор (bg) m (razdor)
• Czech: rozkol m, rozpor m
• Greek: διχόνοια (el) f (dichónoia), φαγωμάρα (el) f (fagomára)

• Romanian: dezbinare (ro) f, rivalitate (ro) f, vrajbă (ro) f
• Russian: раздо́ры (ru) m pl (razdóry), ра́спри (ru) f pl (ráspri), интри́ги (ru) f pl (intrígi), разногла́сие (ru) n (raznoglásije)
• Scottish Gaelic: eadar-dhealachadh m

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• Telugu: ^{(please verify)} ముఠా (muṭhā)

See also

• splinter group

Etymology 2

Blend of fact +‎ fiction.

Noun

faction (plural factions)

1. A form of literature, film etc., that treats real people or events as if they were fiction; a mix of fact and fiction

Derived terms

• science faction

Related terms

• fact
• fiction

See also

• Non-fiction novel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin factiō, factiōnem. Compare façon, which is inherited rather than borrowed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fak.sjɔ̃/

Noun

faction f (plural factions)

1. act of keeping watch
2. a watchman
3. (politics) a faction; specifically one which causes trouble

Further reading

• “faction” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).