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factional

[ fak-shuh-nl ]
/ ˈfæk ʃə nl /
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adjective

of a faction or factions.
self-interested; partisan: Factional interests had obstructed justice.

Words related to factional

squabble, warfare, clash, discord, disunity, disagreement, fighting, dissension, quarrel, wrangle, friction, animosity, controversy, rivalry, conflict, dispute, wrangling, bickering, hostility, strife

Words nearby factional

fact-finding, factice, facticity, faction, faction fight, factional, factionalize, factious, factitious, factitious disorder, factitive

Origin of factional

First recorded in 1640–50; faction1 + -al1

OTHER WORDS FROM factional

fac·tion·al·ism, nounfac·tion·al·ist, nounin·ter·fac·tion·al, adjectiveun·fac·tion·al, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH factional

factional factious fractious
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

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 Taft

  • The 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 Craven

  • This factionalism contributed largely to the overthrow of the radicals.

    The Sequel of Appomattox|Walter Lynwood Fleming

  • But within five years the order was rent by factionalism and in 1878 was acknowledged to be dead.

    The Armies of Labor|Samuel P. Orth