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faction
in
Insurgent, by Veronica Roth
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What happened to our friends, our peers, our leaders, our factions?
Chpt 1

factions = sub-groups of people (in this novel, 5 groups into which people are divided)
I am impressed by her awareness of the customs of other factions.
Chpt 1
I sag under the weight of the members of my parents' faction, their lives, their tears.
Chpt 1

faction = sub-group of people (in this novel, 1 of 5 groups into which people are divided)
I search her face for a sign of what she has lost—her father, an Abnegation leader, didn't survive the attack—but I see only the placid determination characteristic of my old faction.
Chpt 2
I left him to grieve with his faction as I grieve with mine.
Chpt 2
I learned in Faction History that the Amity recognize no official leader—they vote on everything, and the result is usually close to unanimous.
Chpt 2
Our faction has had a close relationship with Erudite for as long as any of us can remember.
Chpt 2
"We feel that the only way to preserve our relationships with both factions is to remain impartial and uninvolved," she continues.
Chpt 2

factions = sub-groups of people (in this novel, 5 groups into which people are divided)
"We have arrived at the conclusion that we will establish our faction headquarters as a safe house for members of all factions," she says, "under a set of conditions."
Chpt 2

faction = sub-group of people (in this novel, 1 of 5 groups into which people are divided)
"We have arrived at the conclusion that we will establish our faction headquarters as a safe house for members of all factions," she says, "under a set of conditions."
Chpt 2

factions = sub-groups of people (in this novel, 5 groups into which people are divided)
If I were Johanna, I would snap at him for a comment like that, but she says kindly, "My faction depends on me to advise them, and if you know information this crucial, it is important that I know it also so that I can share it with them."
Chpt 3

faction = sub-group of people (in this novel, 1 of 5 groups into which people are divided)
"The last time 1 trusted a faction representative with this information, all my friends were murdered," he replies.
Chpt 3
"More closely than Erudite and any other faction," he says.
Chpt 4
Don't you remember from our Faction History book?
Chpt 4
It called them the 'essential factions'—without them, we would be incapable of survival.
Chpt 4

factions = sub-groups of people (in this novel, 5 groups into which people are divided)
Some of the Erudite texts called them the 'enriching factions.'
Chpt 4
And one of Erudite's missions as a faction was to become both—essential and enriching.
Chpt 4

faction = sub-group of people (in this novel, 1 of 5 groups into which people are divided)
"So I take it Amity wasn't one of the factions you had an aptitude for," he says, grinning.
Chpt 4

factions = sub-groups of people (in this novel, 5 groups into which people are divided)
He looks just as he did a few months ago, when we were living across the hall from each other, both of us considering switching factions but not brave enough to tell one another.
Chpt 4
Three factions?
Chpt 4
A faction transfer.
Chpt 4

faction = sub-group of people (in this novel, 1 of 5 groups into which people are divided)
They wear Amity clothes, like me, but also like me, it's obvious what faction they are really in.
Chpt 4
We believe that, given the inevitability of further conflict in our city, it would be selfish of us to stay here while what remains of our faction is inside that fence.
Chpt 4
I may not be an Abnegation-loving faction traitor.
Chpt 6
But whatever we agree to do here, we do together, as a faction.
Chpt 6
"I am saying," she says, "that it isn't my place to disagree with my faction publicly, but I might, in the privacy of my own heart."
Chpt 6
I hope your faction doesn't change their decision to make this compound a safe house.
Chpt 6
The faction that enslaved their minds.
Chpt 7
"I didn't think our faction would be that stupid," he says.
Chpt 7
It is amazing how pretending to be in a different faction changes everything—even the way I walk.
Chpt 7
The Amity don't ask questions; they just let us dissolve into their faction.
Chpt 7
The factionless.
Chpt 8

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.
A factionless man with an eye patch has a gun pointed at Tobias.
Chpt 8
Next to him, an older factionless woman holds a knife—the kind I used to cut bread with.
Chpt 8
I've never seen the Amity armed before," the factionless woman with the knife says.†
Chpt 8

factionless = without sub-groups

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.
The factionless man with the gun looks familiar.†
Chpt 8
All faction clothing is represented in the group before me: black Candor pants paired with black Dauntless shirts, yellow dresses with blue sweatshirts over them.†
Chpt 8

faction = sub-group
But when they do, we are in the part of the city where the factionless live, about a mile from where I grew up.†
Chpt 8

factionless = without sub-groups

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.
I'm not sure who could know Tobias among the factionless.†
Chpt 8
The factionless lead us down the street and left into a grimy alleyway that stinks of garbage.†
Chpt 8
And children, weaving between the groups of adults, not confined to a particular color of clothing—factionless children.†
Chpt 8
We are in a factionless storehouse, and the factionless, who are supposed to be scattered, isolated, and without community ....are together inside it.
Chpt 8

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.
We are in a factionless storehouse, and the factionless, who are supposed to be scattered, isolated, and without community ....are together inside it.†
Chpt 8

factionless = without sub-groups

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.
Are together, like a faction.†
Chpt 8

faction = sub-group
Factionless safe houses?†
Chpt 8

factionless = without sub-groups

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.
We could use your help here, and I know you are like-minded about the faction system—†
Chpt 8

faction = sub-group
I don't want to join up with your little band of factionless.†
Chpt 8

factionless = without sub-groups

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.
"My little band of factionless is twice the size of Dauntless," says Evelyn.†
Chpt 8
"It seems to me," he says, "that the factionless are better friends than enemies."†
Chpt 8
ONE OF THE factionless started a fire so we could heat up our food.†
Chpt 9

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Definitions:

(1) (faction)
a sub-group with some interests not shared by the entire group
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)

faction in Insurgent, by Veronica Roth (Auto-generated)

faction
in
Insurgent, by Veronica Roth
(Auto-generated)