English > faction: 2 senses > noun 2, group| Meaning | A dissenting clique. |
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| Synonym | sect |
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| Narrower | left, left wing | Those who support varying degrees of social or political or economic change designed to promote the public welfare |
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| old guard | A faction that is unwilling to accept new ideas |
| pro-choice faction | Those who argue that the decision to have an induced abortion should be made by the mother |
| pro-life faction | Those who argue that induced abortion is killing and should be prohibited |
| right, right wing | Those who support political or social or economic conservatism |
| splinter group | A faction or sect that has broken away from its parent organization |
| Broader | clique, coterie, ingroup, inner circle, pack, camp | An exclusive circle of people with a common purpose |
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| Spanish | facción, secta |
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| Catalan | facció, secta |
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| Adjectives | factious | dissenting (especially dissenting with the majority opinion) |
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