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The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge natural to party dissension, which in different ages and countries has perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism. But this leads at length to a more formal and permanent despotism.
George Washington

Meaning of "faction" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD FACTION

From Latin factiō a making, from facere to make, do.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF FACTION

faction  [ˈfækʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FACTION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Faction is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FACTION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Faction

Faction or factionalism may refer to: ▪ Political faction, a group of people with a common political purpose ▪ Clan or Guild, an association of players of multiplayer games ▪ Faction, a type of historical novel rooted in fact ▪ Faction, political factions in the game Planescape ▪ Guild Wars Factions, a 2006 computer game developed by ArenaNet ▪ FACTION 28, a music channel on Sirius Satellite Radio ▪ The Faction, a punk rock band ▪ Red Faction, a 2001 computer game developed by THQ ▪ Faction...

Definition of faction in the English dictionary

The definition of faction in the dictionary is a group of people forming a minority within a larger body, esp a dissentious group. Other definition of faction is strife or dissension within a group.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FACTION


arefaction
ˌærɪˈfækʃən
benefaction
ˌbɛnɪˈfækʃən
calefaction
ˌkælɪˈfækʃən
dissatisfaction
dɪsˌsætɪsˈfækʃən
liquefaction
ˌlɪkwɪˈfækʃən
madefaction
ˌmædɪˈfækʃən
malefaction
ˈmælɪˌfækʃən
olfaction
ɒlˈfækʃən
petrifaction
ˌpɛtrɪˈfækʃən
putrefaction
ˌpjuːtrɪˈfækʃən
rarefaction
ˌrɛərɪˈfækʃən
satisfaction
ˌsætɪsˈfækʃən
self-satisfaction
ˌselfsætɪsˈfækʃən
stupefaction
ˌstjuːpɪˈfækʃən
tabefaction
ˌtæbɪˈfækʃən
tepefaction
ˌtɛpɪˈfækʃən
torrefaction
ˌtɒrɪˈfækʃən
tumefaction
ˌtjuːmɪˈfækʃən
unsatisfaction
ˌʌnsætɪsˈfækʃən
vivification
ˌvɪvɪˈfækʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FACTION

factice
facticity
faction fight
faction fighting
factional
factionalism
factionalist
factionalize
factionally
factionary
factionist
factious
factiously
factiousness
factitious
factitiously
factitiousness
factitive
factitively
factive

WORDS THAT END LIKE FACTION

accreditation
action
attraction
auction
collection
connection
construction
correction
course of action
detection
direction
election
fiction
function
introduction
production
protection
reaction
section
selection
transaction

Synonyms and antonyms of faction in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «FACTION»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «faction» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of faction

Translation of «faction» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FACTION

Find out the translation of faction to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of faction from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «faction» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

派系
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

facción
570 millions of speakers

English

faction
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

गुट
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

فصيل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

фракция
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

facção
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দলাদলি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

faction
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Puak
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Fraktion
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

派閥
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

당파
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Fraksi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

phe
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பிரிவு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hizip
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

fazione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

frakcja
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

фракція
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

facțiune
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φατρία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

faksie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fraktion
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fraksjon
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of faction

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FACTION»

The term «faction» is very widely used and occupies the 20.167 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FACTION» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «faction» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «faction» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about faction

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7 QUOTES WITH «FACTION»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word faction.
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Bainbridge Colby
We must stifle the voice of hatred and faction.
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Aaron Eckhart
I think America right now is looking for somebody who appeals to every faction.
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Jonah Goldberg
Our country, if you read the 'Federalist Papers,' is about disagreement. It's about pitting faction against faction, divided government, checks and balances. The hero in American political tradition is the man who stands up to the mob - not the mob itself.
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Kim Jong Il
No faction is better or worse than any other. All come from the same mould; they are all products of capitalist influence in the working class movement. And they are a poison that destroys our Party and the working class movement in Korea.
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John Podesta
If that's your definition of the Clinton faction, then I think that that seems to be in ascendancy. That might include a guy like John Edwards, who's just starting this new center in Chapel Hill to deal with issues of poverty and work.
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Lord John Russell
It is impossible that the whisper of a faction should prevail against the voice of a nation.
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George Washington
The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge natural to party dissension, which in different ages and countries has perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism. But this leads at length to a more formal and permanent despotism.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FACTION»

Discover the use of faction in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to faction and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Red Army Faction: A Documentary History. Projectiles for ...
The first in a two-volume series, this is by far the most in-depth history of the Red Army Faction ever made available in English. Volume 1 presents the manifestos and communiques issued by the RAF between 1970 and 1977.
J. Smith, André Moncourt, 2009
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An Appeal Against Faction: In Respect to the Concurrence of ...
It is faction,” says a former statesman, “ and faction of the worst kind, either not to oppose at all, or not to oppose in earnest when points of the greatest importance to the nation are concerned.” Now-a-days, to support crimes perpetrated by ...
David Urquhart, 1843
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The Windsor Faction
The Windsor Faction is an ingenious exercise in might-have-been, which assembles a cast of real and imaginary people in a horrifyingly plausible reinvention of history.
D. J. Taylor, 2013
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Extreme Faction
Jake battles a deadly group of terrorists who will stop at nothing for their cause. EXTREME FACTION brings all the old agents from the U.S., England, Israel and Russia back together again.
Trevor Scott, 2011
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Bringing the War Home: The Weather Underground, the Red Army ...
Based on a wealth of primary material, ranging from interviews to FBI reports, this book reconstructs the motivation and ideology of violent organizations active during the 1960s and 1970s.
Jeremy Varon, 2004
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"Freedom, Faction, Fame and Blood": British Soldiers of ...
" General Series Editor of Sussex Studies in Spanish History, Nigel Townson, Complutense University, Madrid Under the rubric from Lord Byron, this book offers a unique comparison of three sets of British volunteers who left their homes to ...
Elizabeth Roberts, 2010
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The Age of Faction: Court Politics, 1660-1702
Monarchical government in the later 17th century was a political fact of life and remains central to understanding the period. The subject of this book is the court of the later Stuart kings in the period 1660-1702.
Alan Marshall, 1999
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Religion and Faction in Hume's Moral Philosophy
An examination of David Hume's work, revising our understanding of the period in which he lived and wrote.
Jennifer A. Herdt, 1997
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Curing the Mischiefs of Faction: Party Reform in America
He began by declaring that the greatest danger to the American union, as to all republican governments, is "their propensity to [the] dangerous vice of faction." Human beings, he observed, differ from one another in many ways: some are rich , ...
Austin Ranney, 1976
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Printed Poison: Pamphlet Propaganda, Faction Politics, and ...
Combining a broad analysis of political culture with a particular focus on rhetoric and strategy, Jeffrey Sawyer analyzes the role of pamphlets in the political arena in seventeenth-century France.
Jeffrey K. Sawyer, 1990

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FACTION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term faction is used in the context of the following news items.
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Pro-Palanivel faction announces nominations from over 3500 …
Announcing the numbers, Palanivel's appointed secretary-general Datuk S. Sothinathan claimed that this was a sign that their faction had the ... «The Star Online, Jul 15»
2
Company of Heroes 2 is changing a lot with its new British Forces …
Company of Heroes 2's next expansion, The British Forces, will bring the British Army into the real-time strategy game as a playable faction, ... «Polygon, Jul 15»
3
APC loyalist lawmakers reply Dogara faction, insists on …
The Femi Gbajabiamila-led faction of the All Progressives Congress members in the House of Representatives, has said it is prepared for an ... «Premium Times, Jul 15»
4
Palanivel's faction seeking fair MIC polls
KUALA LUMPUR: Only a free, fair and transparent election can prevent MIC from splitting, according to Datuk Seri G. Palanivel's faction. «The Star Online, Jul 15»
5
Mrs. Adina Bar-Shalom Joins Shas Faction Meeting
abs Mrs. Adina Bar-Shalom, a daughter of Maran HaGaon HaRav Ovadia Yosef ZT”L, attend a Shas faction meeting. For years the meetings ... «Yeshiva World News, Jul 15»
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Khadka-led faction submits memo to Nembang
KATHMANDU, JUL 06 - Expressing dissatisfaction over the inclusion of term 'secular' on the Preamble of the draft constitution, a faction led by ... «E Kantipur, Jul 15»
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Now Hurriyat's moderate faction says Dulat's book is 'mere lies'
After hardline Hurriyat Conference chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani, the moderate faction of the Hurriyat is now training its guns on former ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
8
Right faction pushes to use Young Labor for votes majority at …
Federal opposition leader Bill Shorten, who is in the right faction of the ... by Bill Shorten's right faction to secure three extra votes – theoretically, ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
9
IS faction claims responsibility for missile attack on Israel
Cairo, July 4 (IANS) An Islamic State (IS) affiliate has claimed responsibility for firing three rockets into Israeli territory on Friday. “Three rockets ... «CanIndia News, Jul 15»
10
New PML faction led by Musharraf on the cards: report
Senior Muslim League leaders are considering forming a new faction of the party which would reportedly be headed by former military dictator ... «Pakistan Today, Jul 15»

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