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schisms  

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  • A schism refers to the secession of at least one faction (i.e., an ideologically distinct subgroup) from a social group. The breakaway faction(s) may either join a different group or create a new group. [Source: Encyclopedia of Group Processes & Intergroup Relations; Schisms]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-XN6GFVVJ-F

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