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social science subjects > politics and international relations > political science > political organizations and parties > faction
... > social science subjects > politics and international relations > political science > political theory > democratic thought > faction
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Preferred term

faction  

Definition(s)

  • A subset of individuals within a larger political organization who share a common objective and band together in efforts to achieve it. In the United States, there are informal issue-oriented factions within the Republican and Democratic political parties. [Source: The SAGE Glossary of the Social and Behavioral Sciences; Faction]

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