factional
Origin of factional
1Other words from factional
- fac·tion·al·ism, noun
- fac·tion·al·ist, noun
- in·ter·fac·tion·al, adjective
- un·fac·tion·al, adjective
Words that may be confused with factional
- 1. factional , factious, factitious
- 2. factional , fictional
- 3. factional , fractional
Words Nearby factional
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How to use factional in a sentence
Most were issued over relatively modest local or factional party disputes.
How An Uptick In Censures Among Local Republicans Signals A Growing Radicalism | Seth Masket | March 14, 2022 | FiveThirtyEightAware that factional faultlines may emerge after his death—perhaps causing the clerical regime to suffer the same fate as the Soviet Union—Khamenei is doing all he can to ensure his Islamist ideology outlives him.
Why Iran’s Elections Are a Critical Turning Point for Khamenei’s Regime | Kasra Aarabi | June 16, 2021 | TimeThe authorities, initially at least, had widespread cross-factional political support.
Egypt: Al Jazeera Had ‘Marriott Cell’ Of Terror | Alastair Beach | February 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTTo improve the quality of life, factional disputes are being cast aside.
Kurdish Militias Drive Out Jihadists, Bring Stability Back to Parts of Syria | Jamie Dettmer | November 27, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTBut whereas before, discipline used to flow from elected leadership down, today it flows from factional leadership up.
Seven Habits of Highly Ineffective Political Parties | David Frum | October 8, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
As a consequence, the leadership transition is fraught with conspiracies and fierce factional infighting.
The Eerie Echoes Between the Trials of Bo Xilai and His Father | Wenguang Huang, Pin Ho | August 27, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe factional balance between elitists and populists is no longer at equilibrium.
Xi Jinping and the Princelings Take Power in China | Melinda Liu | November 15, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThe strength of the new party was frittered away in doctrinaire factional strife between the single taxers and the socialists.
A History of Trade Unionism in the United States | Selig PerlmanThis factional struggle greatly complicates every revolutionary movement.
The Behavior of Crowds | Everett Dean MartinThe struggle for place is continued as a factional fight within the newly ruling crowd.
The Behavior of Crowds | Everett Dean MartinWe were too near the fight still, and there were party wounds to be bound up and little factional sores that had to be healed.
The Strength of Gideon and Other Stories | Paul Laurence DunbarIt is very painful to me that you in Missouri cannot or will not settle your factional quarrel among yourselves.
The Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln, Volume Six | Abraham Lincoln
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