Used in a Sentence

factional

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for factional.

Editorial note

Winning only 11 primaries, compared to 42 won by the nominee, is evidence of a regional/minority-factional 'outlier' candidacy.

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Quick take

Of, pertaining to, or composed of factions.

Meaning at a glance

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adjective

Of, pertaining to, or composed of factions.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for factional.

adjective

Of, pertaining to, or composed of factions.

Example sentences

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Winning only 11 primaries, compared to 42 won by the nominee, is evidence of a regional/minority-factional 'outlier' candidacy.

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Maybe a knowledge base that helps clearly lay out all the competing factional 'truths' would be better?

3

Of course the problem is the mutual suspicion and factional acrimony that would inevitably characterize such an undertaking, but then that was true of the first one as well.

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And of course, to prevent any future factional and inter language warfare.

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It combines the downsides of algorithms (lack of intervening personal judgment when the algorithm gets gamed) with the downsides of politics (corruption/factional power struggles).

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Simultaneously, there were factional wars over redistribution and immigration in both parties.

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For a lot of code I've dealt with the differences in performance have been factional.

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If anything, empowering excessively centralized institutions creates intense factional polarization which undermines societies, inhibiting the formation of substantive relationships and communities instead of sustaining them.

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I can't actually think of any scientific fields with significant factional divides.

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By funneling more money away from the American people into the pockets of the various factional interests in the healthcare industry, it will most likely make things much worse.

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This still happens, sure, but it's isolated to the parties themselves, where they are incentivized to appeal to a larger base, which minimizes factional influence from the get-go.

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I'm not sure how any of these examples necessarily reflect money as the root systemic cause of the vulnerability of the political process to being co-opted by factional interests.

Quote examples

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A simplified factional map might involve the "techies", the "suits", and the "apolitical pragmatists", with various shifting alliances between them.

2

"Gamer" is tribalistic; defining oneself in terms of one’s tastes and factional allegiances above all."" Utter tripe.

Proper noun examples

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I was particularly intrigued by 'Oxcytocin' being the primary trigger for 'Tribal' or 'Factional' behavior in us.

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Factional wars may crop up around the fringes in fields that are only partially scientific, but it's typically parts of the field that are especially difficult to study scientifically that the factions split over.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use factional in a sentence?

Winning only 11 primaries, compared to 42 won by the nominee, is evidence of a regional/minority-factional 'outlier' candidacy.

What does factional mean?

Of, pertaining to, or composed of factions.

What part of speech is factional?

factional is commonly used as adjective.