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factionalize

factionalize verb: to split into factions.

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 factionalize

third-person singular presentfactionalizes
present participlefactionalizing
past participlefactionalized
pastfactionalized
alternative formfactionalise

Origin of factionalize

From factional + -ize.

Words formed from factionalize

Questions about factionalize

What does factionalize mean?
Factionalize means to split into factions.
What part of speech is factionalize?
Factionalize is a verb.
What is the past tense of factionalize?
The past tense of factionalize is factionalized.

Words near factionalize in the dictionary

  1. factionalist
  2. factionalistic
  3. factionalists
  4. factionalization
  5. factionalizations
  6. factionalize
  7. factionalized
  8. factionalizer
  9. factionalizers
  10. factionalizes
  11. factionalizing

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