Factions
['fækʃən]
Examples
- Not in a land of war and blood, surrounded by hostile neighbours, and distracted by internal factions, can Israel hope to rest during her wanderings. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Civil disturbance had become a custom in Athens; the fortunes of the city seemed given over to strife of factions. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Among the officers of the Xavarian I thought I could discern division into factions ere we had reached Helium. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- The good temper and moderation of contending factions seem to be the most essential circumstances in the public morals of a free people. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Inconsistent: yes, he tried to be the leader of factions at war with one another. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Parliament was divided by three factions, aristocrats, democrats, and royalists. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Everybody in the town was ranged in one or other of these factions. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
Typist: Veronica