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factionalise

factionalise is the alternative form of factionalize.

Meaning of factionalize

Verb

factionalize (third-person singular simple present factionalizes, present participle factionalizing, simple past and past participle factionalized)

  1. To split into factions
    • He has no official political role, but he is a unifying force and peacemaker in a nation that has become increasingly factionalized and acrimonious.2009 January 20, Seth Mydans, Mark Mcdonald, “Novelist Given 3 Years for Insulting Thai King”, in New York Times

Forms of factionalise

third-person singular presentfactionalises
present participlefactionalising
past participlefactionalised
pastfactionalised

Origin of factionalise

From factional + -ise.

Questions about factionalise

What is factionalise the alternative form of?
Factionalise is the alternative form of factionalize.

Words near factionalise in the dictionary

  1. factio testamenti
  2. faction
  3. factional
  4. factionalisation
  5. factionalisations
  6. factionalise
  7. factionalised
  8. factionalises
  9. factionalising
  10. factionalism
  11. factionalisms

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Adapted from Wiktionary: factionalise (page history and authors); factionalize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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