faction

Definition of Faction in English :

1. cabal, camarilla, faction, junto

a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue

2. faction, sect

a dissenting clique

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Faction

noun

1.

a group of people forming a minority within a larger body, esp a dissentious group

2.

strife or dissension within a group

noun

a television programme, film, or literary work comprising a dramatized presentation of actual events

noun

1.

a group of people inside a political party, club, government, etc. working in a common cause against other such groups or against the main body

2.

partisan conflict within an organization or a country; dissension

noun

a kind of fiction based on or incorporating recognizable historical events, real people, etc.

suff.

Production; making: petrifaction.