Noun faction has 2 senses
  1. cabal, faction, junto, camarilla - a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue
    --1 is a kind of clique, coterie, ingroup, inner circle, pack, camp
    --1 has members: cabalist
  2. faction, sect - a dissenting clique
    --2 is a kind of clique, coterie, ingroup, inner circle, pack, camp
    --2 has particulars:
     splinter group; left, left wing; right, right wing; old guard; pro-choice faction; pro-life faction
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