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Definition of: faction
(fak′shən) noun
1. A number of persons combined for a common purpose.
2. A party within a party; an irregular association of partisans; a cabal.
3. Violent opposition, as to a government; turbulence; dissension. See synonyms under CABAL. [<F <L factio, -onis <facere do. Doublet of FASHION.]
—fac′tion·ist, Obs. fac′tion·ar′y noun
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