faction
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1. a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue (noun.group)
| member holonym | : | cabalist, |
| definition | : | a member of a cabal (noun.person) |
2. a dissenting clique (noun.group)
| hyponym | : | splinter group, |
| definition | : | a faction or sect that has broken away from its parent organization (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | left, left wing, |
| definition | : | those who support varying degrees of social or political or economic change designed to promote the public welfare (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | right, right wing, |
| definition | : | those who support political or social or economic conservatism; those who believe that things are better left unchanged (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | old guard, |
| definition | : | a faction that is unwilling to accept new ideas (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | pro-choice faction, |
| definition | : | those who argue that the decision to have an induced abortion should be made by the mother (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | pro-life faction, |
| definition | : | those who argue that induced abortion is killing and should be prohibited (noun.group) |
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