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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesfazione
Pronunciation / Transliteration: fazione
"La fazione estremista ha rifiutato ogni compromesso."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
1 sense- 1
A small, organized, dissenting group within a larger one, especially in politics.
"A bitter power struggle broke out between rival factions within the party."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Late Middle English (in the sense 'action, performance'): from Latin factio(n-), from facere 'to do'. The current sense ('dissension') dates from the late 16th century.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "faction" is said worldwide
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faction
Transliteration: faction
"Une faction rivale a tenté de s'emparer du pouvoir."
Fraktion
Transliteration: Fraktion
"Die Partei ist in zwei feindliche Fraktionen gespalten."
fazione
Transliteration: fazione
"La fazione estremista ha rifiutato ogni compromesso."
facción
Transliteration: facción
"Se formó una facción disidente dentro del partido político."
facção
Transliteration: facção
"A facção rebelde controlava a parte norte da cidade."
गुट
Transliteration: gut
"पार्टी के भीतर एक नया गुट उभर रहा है।"
派别
Transliteration: pàibié
"党内不同的派别正在争夺领导权。"
파벌
Transliteration: pabeol
"그 정당은 여러 파벌로 나뉘어 싸우고 있다."
派閥
Transliteration: habatsu
"党内で激しい派閥争いが起きている。"
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