Definition: Meaning of, faction in English to English dictionary.
Pronunciation:/ ˈfakʃ(ə)n /
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[countable] a small group of people within a larger group, who have different ideas from the other members, and who try to get their own ideas accepted
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[uncountable]formal disagreements and arguments between different groups within an organization
a violent terrorist group organized in the 1980s and advocating the overthrow of the Chilean military government; leaders are mainly criminals or impoverished youths
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