Antonyms for factional

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

Synonyms for factional

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