Word of the Day:
faction
What It Means
A 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.
Faction in Context
“He asks the audience if they believe that they will be more loved by the gods if the city is in a state of faction than if they govern the city with good order and concord.”
Did You Know?
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”). Doublet of fashion.
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