| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | fac·tion |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  f k sh n |
| NOUN: | 1. A group of persons forming a cohesive, usually contentious minority within a larger group. 2. Conflict within an organization or nation; internal dissension: “Our own beloved country . . . is now afflicted with faction and civil war” (Abraham Lincoln). | | ETYMOLOGY: | French, from Latin facti , factin-, from factus, past participle of facere, to do. See dh - in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | faction·al —ADJECTIVE
faction·al·ism —NOUN
faction·al·ly —ADVERB
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