- [countable] a small group of people within a larger one, whose members have some different aims and beliefs to those of the larger group
- There are rival factions within the administration.
Extra ExamplesTopics War and conflictc1- He brokered a ceasefire agreement between the warring factions.
- the dominant faction within the government
- the largest faction in the civil war
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- dominant
- main
- major
- …
- lead
- faction in
- faction within
- [uncountable] (formal) opposition, disagreement, etc. that exists between small groups of people within an organization or political party
- a party divided by faction and intrigue
- [uncountable] films, books, etc. that combine fact with fiction (= imaginary events)
Word Originsenses 1 to 2 late 15th cent. (denoting the action of doing or making something): via French from Latin factio(n-), from facere ‘do, make’. sense 3 1960s: blend of fact and fiction.
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