Sample Sentences for
faction
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    There is a faction that is sworn to drive me from my pulpit.  (source)
    faction = sub-group
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    Over the last 20+ years dating back to the bombing of the Marine Corps Barracks in Lebanon, various factions of radical Islamic Terrorists have been committing heinous acts of terrorism against the free world.  (source)
    factions = sub-groups
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    A faction within Säpo has been supporting him and concealing his criminal dealings.  (source)
    faction = sub-group
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    Beatrice couldn't make out what faction they belonged to, or if they were simply common thugs.  (source)
    faction = sub-group
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    During the rioting between the Cancellieri and Panciatichi factions in 1502  (source)
    factions = sub-groups
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    At the time I believed that Marcus was working under Dauntless-factionless orders.  (source)
    factionless = in this novel, people who do not belong to one of the 5 sub-groups into which people are divided
    standard suffix: The suffix "-less" in factionless means without and reverses the meaning of faction. This is the same pattern you see in words like harmless, fearless, and powerless.
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    Surely if there were any truth in the notion that reading fiction greatly increased our capacity for empathy then college English departments, which have by far the densest concentration of fiction readers in human history, would be legendary for their absence of back-stabbing, competitive ill-will, factional rage, and egocentric self-promoters; they'd be the one place where disputes are most often quickly and amiably resolved by mutual empathetic engagement.†  (source)
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    "Every country is plagued by factionalism," says Simon tactfully.†  (source)
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    "Let's just say," says Tobias, "that for some, death is preferable to factionlessness."†  (source)
    standard suffix: The suffix "-ness" converts an adjective to a noun. This is the same pattern you see in words like darkness, kindness, and coolness.
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    She knew that the Cornwall and Orkney faction had always been the menace to her husband's hopes...  (source)
    faction = sub-group
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    Our clan, the Plain Janes, has splintered and the pieces are being absorbed by rival factions.†  (source)
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    Evelyn has us all trapped in the city, controlled by armed factionless patrolling the streets.  (source)
    factionless = in this novel, people who do not belong to one of the 5 sub-groups into which people are divided
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    The inconsistency is too glaring not to be seen; the absurdity too great not to be laughed at; and such as could only have been made by those, whose understandings were darkened by the narrow and crabby spirit of a despairing political party; for ye are not to be considered as the whole body of the Quakers but only as a factional and fractional part thereof.†  (source)
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