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# faction

noun

«faction» in the English dictionary: in Wikipedia — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## In Wikipedia

Source: the Wikipedia dictionary, from the English Wikipedia articles Mova reads whole. Licence: [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). A draft: made natively by Nautilus, one of Mova's workers, from Mova's own counts; not reviewed. Not part of Mova: never in its repository, releases or programs.

### Counted by Mova

62 uses in 35 of the 531 articles of the Wikipedia school's corpus; as a noun in 62 of 62. By the class of the article: country 24, city 7, other 2, company 1. Most often with: «party», «support», «lead», «rebel», «conflict».

### Examples

- Shevardnadze announced that the decision of the Abkhaz faction was "absolutely unexpected" and that it was made without considering the opinion of the majority of population in Abkhazia. — [Abkhazia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abkhazia), sentence 186 («wiki:Abkhazia:186»)
- He was able to put down a rebellion led by leftist factions in the army in May of the same year, and faced new rebellions from leftist parties in July, August and December 1968. — [Aden](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aden), sentence 162 («wiki:Aden:162»)
- It was formed through the amalgamation of numerous Druze factions in order to serve as a unified force for military and security efforts in Druze areas. — [Administrative Council of Jabal Bashan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Administrative_Council_of_Jabal_Bashan), sentence 10 («wiki:Administrative\_Council\_of\_Jabal\_Bashan:10»)

### Note

Draft: made natively by Nautilus from the Wikipedia school's corpus; the counts and examples are Mova's own, the meaning is the pupils' dictionary's; no sense of this source is written yet.

### Sources

- From Wikipedia, [«Abkhazia»](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abkhazia), revision of the 2026-09-01 dump, [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).
- From Wikipedia, [«Aden»](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aden), revision of the 2026-09-01 dump, [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).
- From Wikipedia, [«Administrative Council of Jabal Bashan»](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Administrative_Council_of_Jabal_Bashan), revision of the 2026-09-01 dump, [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).
- Examples quote Wikipedia; this block is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.