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production, process, making
Red Army Faction
A militant left-wing terrorist group in postwar West Germany
faction
A group of people, especially within a political organization, who express a shared belief or opinion different from people who are not part of the group
faction
Strife; discord

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.

faction
A form of literature, film etc., that treats real people or events as if they were fiction; a mix of fact and fiction
faction
a number of persons combined for a common purpose
faction
{n} a party, tumult, sedition, discord
Likud faction
Israeli Knesset members from the Likud party
Meretz faction head
head of the Meretz party (left wing political party in Israel)
faction
A group of people who express a shared belief or opinion different from people who are not part of the group
faction
A unified team that is not in accordance with the majority The world of 2125 contains many factions that were formed against governments and corporations
faction
A party, in political society, combined or acting in union, in opposition to the government, or state; usually applied to a minority, but it may be applied to a majority; a combination or clique of partisans of any kind, acting for their own interests, especially if greedy, clamorous, and reckless of the common good
faction
a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue
faction
A faction is an organized group of people within a larger group, which opposes some of the ideas of the larger group and fights for its own ideas. A peace agreement will be signed by the leaders of the country's warring factions
faction
One of the divisions or parties of charioteers (distinguished by their colors) in the games of the circus
faction
Tumult; discord; dissension
faction
A group within an organization (often within a political party) that has different goals than those of the party as a whole, and seeks to promote those goals James Madison warned against what he saw as the dangers of factions when he defined the term: "A number of citizens, whether amounting to a majority or minority of the whole, who are united and actuated by some common impulse or passion, or of interest, adverse to the rights of other citizens, or to the permanent and aggregate interest of the community " In modern political speech, faction does not necessarily have a negative connotation, however It can mean simply subgroup, as in the moderate (or liberal, or conservative), faction in a political party This link provides more information concerning James Madison's ideas concerning factions and the political parties that abounded during his time
faction
{i} splinter group, clique within a larger group; discord or dissension within a group or organization
faction
One of the 15 philosophical groups that rule Sigil
faction
a dissenting clique
faction
An association of individuals organized for the purpose of influencing government actions favourable to their interests, now known as interest groups
faction
Group of people with common interests, usually in opposition to the aims or principles of a larger group or the public
faction
Faction is also used to describe argument and disagreement within a group of people. Faction and self-interest appear to be the norm
faction chairman
head of a political camp or interest in parliament
faction leader
leader of a splinter group, head of a political camp or interest
namesake faction
group that is named after its leader
party faction
splinter group within a larger political party
pro-choice faction
those who argue that the decision to have an induced abortion should be made by the mother
pro-life faction
those who argue that induced abortion is killing and should be prohibited
red army faction
a Marxist and Maoist terrorist organization in Germany; a network of underground guerillas who committed acts of violence in the service of the class struggle; a successor to the Baader-Meinhof Gang; became one of Europe's most feared terrorist groups; disbanded in 1998
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