faction
faction1
noun
faction2
noun
noun
- a small organized dissentient group within a larger one, especially in politics
（政治上持异见的）小派别；小集团
the left-wing faction of the party.
政党的左翼派别。
■[mass noun]a state of dissension within an organization
内讧；内部不合
- late 15th cent. (denoting the action of doing or making something): via French from Latin factio(n-), from facere 'do, make'
faction2
noun
- [mass noun]a literary and cinematic genre in which real events are used as a basis for a fictional narrative or dramatization
纪实文学；纪实电影
- 1960s: blend of fact and fiction
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