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Grammar : Adj
Spell : fak-shuh-nl
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfæk ʃə nl



Definition of factional

Origin :
  • 1640s, from faction + -al (1).
  • As in sectarian : adj narrow-minded, exclusive
  • As in sectional : adj localized, divided
  • As in divergent : adj differing
Example sentences :
  • They undertake now this and now that; they cannot be quiet nor refrain from factional strife.
  • Extract from : « Epistle Sermons, Vol. II » by Martin Luther
  • It was no longer a factional affair, it was a theft, an infamous theft.
  • Extract from : « The Companions of Jehu » by Alexandre Dumas, pre
  • It is a pipe that seems to call aloud for the accompaniment of beer and earnest argument on factional political matters.
  • Extract from : « Mince PieAuthor: Christopher Darlington MorleyRelease Date: October 10, 2004 [eBook #13694] » by Christopher Darlington Morley
  • But the Union Party was so far from being a unit that during the summer factional quarrels developed within its ranks.
  • Extract from : « Abraham Lincoln and the Union » by Nathaniel W. Stephenson
  • Iceland, at that time, was torn with factional feuds, and Snorre understood to perfection the art of fishing in troubled waters.
  • Extract from : « The Story of Norway » by Hjalmar H. Boyesen
  • He minded his own business and avoided all the factional disputes with which the neighborhood abounded.
  • Extract from : « An Autobiography of Buffalo Bill (Colonel W. F. Cody) » by Buffalo Bill (William Frederick Cody)
  • Never since the fend had ended in a pact of peace, had two factional leaders come so near a rupture.
  • Extract from : « When 'Bear Cat' Went Dry » by Charles Neville Buck
  • Internal dissatisfaction and factional strife wore hard upon the spirit of a people trying to build up and develop a new country.
  • Extract from : « History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 » by George W. Williams
  • Among the Sioux there were factional feelings that had aroused the apprehensions of their agents before the war broke out.
  • Extract from : « The Last American Frontier » by Frederic L. (Frederic Logan) Paxson
  • When the convention met and the balloting began, the contest along these factional lines started in earnest.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 » by Various

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