He once belonged to the Fukuda faction.
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Faction
//ˈfæk.ʃən//
Synonyms for "faction" (221 found)
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Closest matches (45)
Strong matches (66)
combinationcombinecommunioncommunist partycommunitycompanycomplementconflictconservative partyconstitutional union partycontentioncontentiousnesscontingentcontradictioncontroversycorpscoteriecoveycrewcrowd
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democratic partydemocratic-republican partydenominationdenominationalismdetachmentdetaildifferencedisaccorddisaccordancedisagreementdiscorddiscordancediscordancydiscrepancydisharmonydisparitydissensiondissentdissidencedissonancedisuniondisunitydivergencediversitydivisionesprit de corpsethnic groupethnocentricityexclusivenessfactionalismfactiousnessfarmer-labor partyfederalist partyfellowshipflakfleetfree soil partyfrontganggopgreenback partygroupgroupinggroupment
Noun(2 words)
Related words (110)
in-groupinaccordanceinequalityinfightingingroupinterestinterest groupintrigueirascibilityirritabilityjarringjuntajuntoknow-nothing partylabour partyliberal partyliberal republican partyliberty partylitigiousnesslobby
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machinemajor partyminor partyminority groupmobmovementmultiple party systemnational republican partynegationoffshootone-party systemoppositionopposition partyoppugnancyorderorganizationout groupout-groupoutfitpackpartpartialitypartisan spiritpartisanismpartisanshippartyparty in powerparty spiritpeer grouppersuasionphalanxplatoonpolitical machinepolitical partypopulist partypossepressure groupprogressive partyprohibition partypugnacityquarrelsomenessregimentreligious orderrepublican partyrepugnanceriftringrupturesalonschismschoolsectsectarianismsectarismsectionalismseditionsegmentsetshrewishnesssidesilent majoritysocialist labor partysocialist partysocialist workers partysocietysplintersplinter groupsplinter partysplitsquadstablestrifestringtammany hallteamthird partytory partytribetrooptroupetwo-party systemunharmoniousnessvariancevarietyversionvocal minoritywhig partywing
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6 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
7 entriesderived
11 entriesderived from
2 entriesis a
2 entriesrelated to
19 entriesShowing 16 of 19 words.
Translations
105 translations across 53 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- fraksion noun (group of people)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- αἵρεσις noun (group of people)
Arabic
4 entries- حَلْقَة noun (group of people)
- زَمْرَة noun (group of people)
- عُصْبَة noun (group of people)
- فَرِيق noun (group of people)
Armenian
1 entries- խմբակցություն noun (group of people)
Asturian
1 entries- faición noun (group of people)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- fraksiya noun (group of people)
Belarusian
4 entries- групава́нне noun (group of people)
- клі́ка noun (group of people)
- крыло́ noun (group of people)
- фра́кцыя noun (group of people)
Bulgarian
4 entries- кли́ка noun (group of people)
- раздо́р noun (strife)
- разногла́сие noun (strife)
- фра́кция noun (group of people)
Catalan
1 entries- facció noun (group of people)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 幫派 /帮派 noun (group of people)
- 派 noun (group of people)
- 派別 /派别 noun (group of people)
- 派系 noun (group of people)
Czech
4 entries- frakce noun (group of people)
- klika noun (group of people)
- křídlo noun (group of people)
- rozkol noun (strife)
Danish
1 entries- fraktion noun (group of people)
Dutch
2 entries- factie noun (group of people)
- fractie noun (group of people)
Esperanto
1 entries- frakcio noun (group of people)
Estonian
1 entries- fraktsioon noun (group of people)
Finnish
4 entries- faktio noun (group of people)
- fraktio noun (group of people)
- siipi noun (group of people)
- suuntaus noun (group of people)
French
1 entries- faction noun (group of people)
Georgian
1 entries- ფრაქცია noun (group of people)
German
4 entries- Flügel noun (group of people)
- Fraktion noun (group of people)
- Seite noun (group of people)
- Spaltung noun (strife)
Greek
3 entries- διχόνοια noun (strife)
- φαγωμάρα noun (strife)
- φράξια noun (group of people)
Hebrew
1 entries- סִיעָה noun (group of people)
Hindi
2 entries- गुट noun (group of people)
- दल noun (group of people)
Hungarian
2 entries- frakció noun (group of people)
- klikk noun (group of people)
Indonesian
1 entries- faksi noun (group of people)
Italian
1 entries- fazione noun (group of people)
Japanese
1 entries- 派閥 noun (group of people)
Kazakh
1 entries- фракция noun (group of people)
Korean
1 entries- 파벌 noun (group of people)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- группировка noun (group of people)
- фракция noun (group of people)
Latin
1 entries- pars noun (group of people)
Latvian
1 entries- frakcija noun (group of people)
Lithuanian
1 entries- frakcija noun (group of people)
Macedonian
1 entries- фракција noun (group of people)
Marathi
1 entries- गट noun (group of people)
Māori
1 entries- uepū noun (group of people)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- fraksjon noun (group of people)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- fraksjon noun (group of people)
Polish
4 entries- frakcja noun (group of people)
- konflikt noun (strife)
- spór noun (strife)
- stronnictwo noun (group of people)
Portuguese
2 entries- facção noun (group of people)
- fação noun (group of people)
Romanian
4 entries- dezbinare noun (strife)
- facțiune noun (group of people)
- fracțiune noun (group of people)
- rivalitate noun (strife)
Russian
4 entries- группиро́вка noun (group of people)
- интри́ги noun (strife)
- кли́ка noun (group of people)
- крыло́ noun (group of people)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- eadar-dhealachadh noun (strife)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- fràkcija noun (group of people)
- фра̀кција noun (group of people)
Slovak
3 entries- frakcia noun (group of people)
- klika noun (group of people)
- krídlo noun (group of people)
Slovene
2 entries- frakcija noun (group of people)
- skupina noun (group of people)
Spanish
1 entries- facción noun (group of people)
Swedish
1 entries- fraktion noun (group of people)
Tajik
1 entries- фраксия noun (group of people)
Turkish
2 entries- fraksiyon noun (group of people)
- nifak noun (strife)
Ukrainian
4 entries- клі́ка noun (group of people)
- крило́ noun (group of people)
- угрупо́вання noun (group of people)
- фра́кція noun (group of people)
Uzbek
1 entries- fraksiya noun (group of people)
Vietnamese
1 entries- đảng phái noun (group of people)
Welsh
1 entries- asgell noun (group of people)
Sample sentences
19 total sentences available.
She was a member of the Red Army Faction.
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A coup attempt was made in July 2016 by a faction of the Turkish Armed Forces.
Source: tatoeba (8905082)
A faction of the Turkish military attempted an anti-Erdogan coup.
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