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faction
noun as in group sharing a belief or cause
Strong matches
Weak matches
noun as in conflict, strife
Example Sentences
Rival factions formed within the group, with battles for control culminating in the bizarre spectacle of DOGE’s top operational lead being fired and refusing to leave.
It also aims to root out groups such as the Jenin Battalion, a loose alliance of fighters from different factions, including Fatah, Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
To Thucydides, Athenian democracy failed first to contain Sparta and then to contain its own weaknesses of faction and greed.
Some Palestinian factions in Ain al-Helweh handed over weapons in September, a Palestinian official said at the time, but Hamas has not announced plans to disarm in Lebanon.
Turkey has maintained ties with both Kyiv and Moscow and has previously hosted talks between the two factions.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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