Faction in a sentence as a noun

"A pure democracy can admit no cure for the mischiefs of faction.

The latter faction eventually gains control to an extent that they bankrupt the whole.

If you wish to belong, you're far better off choosing a faction to ally yourself with, and remaining loyal.

If one faction can gain an advantage that gives them dominance over another faction for the next 2 years, they'll view that as ok.

Whenever two factions within a Muslim state clash, one or both will eventually accuse the other of being Israeli stooges.

The same charge is also commonly levelled at any external criticism of a Muslim state or faction.

Somalia has tons of police, prisons, and politicians in every faction state.

If that were true, and this faction were really just concerned with entitlements, there would be an obvious solution to the deficit: raise taxes.

If the US ended its War on Terrorism today, there would be no other organization, faction or nation willing to step up to be Public Enemy #1.

The weird secret of Social Justice, including the "all white men are evil, because the group on average is successful" faction, is that it's mostly white men bullying other white men.

Maybe I am misreading your argument, but it seems like you are saying the cause of the US deficit problem is that the faction that trades entitlements for votes has gained control of the system.

Eventually the elected body will split into a faction that represents business interests and a faction that trades entitlements for votes.

The real problem is that ALL factions in a democracy demonstrate the universal human tendency to take benefits today and put off obligations for the future.

This means that you cannot really argue plausibly that all civilizations fail to do this - it would take trivial effort for just one faction within just one advanced civilization to set this underway.

If so you'll understand that it is possible, indeed sometimes common, for people to take rhetorical stances without actually understanding the position they are taking, out of a reflexive support for their party / faction / coalition of preference.

The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge, natural to party dissension, which in different ages and countries has perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism.

Oh, and speaking of towny and factions, or any sort of teams reallly: what if this sort of "Minecraft Robot Wars" competition was set up so there'd be a few human players, with each having their bots who know their owners, but otherwise nobody knowing who is a player or a bot, and who is on what side...

The disorders and miseries, which result, gradually incline the minds of men to seek security and repose in the absolute power of an individual; and sooner or later the chief of some prevailing faction, more able or more fortunate than his competitors, turns this disposition to the purposes of his own elevation, on the ruins of Public Liberty.

Faction definitions

noun

a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue

See also: cabal junto camarilla

noun

a dissenting clique

See also: sect