factional
[fak-shuh-nl]
adjective
RELATED WORDS
squabble, warfare, clash, discord, disunity, disagreement, fighting, dissension, quarrel, wrangle, friction, animosity, controversy, rivalry, conflict, dispute, wrangling, bickering, hostility, strife
Nearby words
- fact-finding,
- factice,
- facticity,
- faction,
- faction fight,
- factionalism,
- factionalize,
- factious,
- factiously,
- factitious
Origin of factional
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Examples from the Web for factionalism
Factionalism is a class spirit which will sacrifice the interest of the whole to the interest of the class.
Ethics in Service|William Howard TaftThe sources of this factionalism were varied, and some of them had little to do with the affairs of Virginia.
The Virginia Company Of London, 1606-1624|Wesley Frank CravenThis factionalism contributed largely to the overthrow of the radicals.
The Sequel of Appomattox|Walter Lynwood FlemingBut within five years the order was rent by factionalism and in 1878 was acknowledged to be dead.
The Armies of Labor|Samuel P. Orth
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