LekhoriLekhoriA group of people, especially within a political organization, which expresses a shared belief or opinion different from people who are not part of the group.
Real factions may be divided into those from interest, from principle, and from affection
Strife; discord.
Publick [sic] affairs soon fell into the utmost confusion, and in this state of faction and perplexity, the island continued, until its re-capture by the French in 1779.
A form of literature, film etc., that treats real people or events as if they were fiction; a mix of fact and fiction.
Near-synonym: fictionalization
Borrowed from Middle French faction, from Latin factiō (“a group of people acting together, a political faction”), noun of process from perfect passive participle factus, from faciō (“do, make”). Doub...
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