faction
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Etymology 1Edit
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.
NounEdit
faction (plural factions)
- 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
- 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.
- 1805, Johann Georg Cleminius, Englisches Lesebuch für Kaufleute, pg. 188:
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group of people
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strife
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Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
faction (plural factions)
- A form of literature, film etc., that treats real people or events as if they were fiction; a mix of fact and fiction
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- Non-fiction novel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin factiō, factiōnem. Compare façon, which is inherited rather than borrowed.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
faction f (plural factions)
- act of keeping watch
- a watchman
- (politics) a faction; specifically one which causes trouble
Further readingEdit
- “faction” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).