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FAKSH-uh-nl/ˈfækʃənl/

Factional means of a faction: a subgroup fighting for control inside a party, board, or union. A faction (already in the dictionary) is the group; partisan is a cousin; united sits opposite. Internal disagreement can be minuted without being factional war. Do not rebrand two recorded votes as “vibrant debate” and skip the names.

Meaning

Relating to a subgroup fighting for control inside a larger body.

Examples

• “A factional split on the board is still minuted as two votes, not “vibrant debate”.”
• “A wing is informal politics. A clique is smaller and social. Dissent can be one person. Two blocs with Whip counts are factional. Write who voted which way. Atmosphere copy is not a division list.”

Good to know

Of rival groups inside one body. Noun: faction (already in the dictionary). Contrast: ordinary dissent. Minutes need votes, not vibes.

Near in meaning

partisan

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