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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
factionalize
 
SYLLABICATION:fac·tion·al·ize
PRONUNCIATION:  fksh-n-lz
TRANSITIVE VERB:Inflected forms: fac·tion·al·ized, fac·tion·al·iz·ing, fac·tion·al·iz·es
To split (a group, for example) into disputatious factions: “Once a faculty is factionalized, of course, the process of appointments becomes partly a competition for allies” (Calvin Trillin).
 
 
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