fac ‧ tion /ˈfækʃ ə n/ BrE AmE noun
[ Date: 1400-1500 ; Language: French ; Origin: Latin factio 'act of making' ; ⇨ ↑ fashion 1 ]
1 . [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:
struggles between the different factions within the party
the leaders of the warring factions
2 . [uncountable] formal disagreements and arguments between different groups within an organization:
jealousy and faction
—factional adjective :
factional conflict