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Faction
FAC'TION, n. [L. factio, from facio, to make or do.]
1. A party, in political society, combined or acting in union, in opposition to the prince, government or state; usually applied to a minority, but it may be applied to a majority. sometimes a state is divided into factions nearly equal. Rome was almost always disturbed by factions. Republics are proverbial for factions, and factions in monarchies have often effected revolutions.
A feeble government produces more factions than an oppressive one.
By a faction, I understand a number of citizens, whether amounting to a majority or minority of the whole, who are united and actuated by some common impulse of passion, or of interest, adverse to the rights of other citizens, or to the permanent and aggregate interests of the community.
2. Tumult; discord; dissension.
faction appears in definitions for these words:
Bastards Breed Brigue Cabal Dominant Element Enthusiasm Faction Factionary Factioner Factionist Factious Factiously Firebrand Follower Gibeline Guelf Incendiary Irreconcilable Junto Leader Mission Organize Part Partisan Party Passion Prejudice Principal Raze Relish Reverence Side Supporter Tear To Tranquilize Underfaction Uppermost Visible
Bastards Breed Brigue Cabal Dominant Element Enthusiasm Faction Factionary Factioner Factionist Factious Factiously Firebrand Follower Gibeline Guelf Incendiary Irreconcilable Junto Leader Mission Organize Part Partisan Party Passion Prejudice Principal Raze Relish Reverence Side Supporter Tear To Tranquilize Underfaction Uppermost Visible
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