faction

See also: -faction and fraction

EnglishEdit

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faction

PronunciationEdit

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

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 3161476379, 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.

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Terms etymologically related to faction (etymology 1)

TranslationsEdit

group of people

Armenian: խմբակցություն (hy) (xmbakcʿutʿyun)
Asturian: faición f
Belarusian: фра́кцыя f (frákcyja)
Bulgarian: фра́кция (bg) f (frákcija), кли́ка (bg) f (klíka)
Catalan: facció (ca) f
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, Flügel (de) m, Seite (de) f
Greek: φατρία (el) f (fatría)
Ancient: αἵρεσις f (haíresis)
Hebrew: סִיעָה‎ (he) f (si'á)
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

Nynorsk: 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 (cs) m
German: Spaltung (de) f
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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