All 50 Uses
faction
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Allegiant
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- —From the Erudite faction manifesto
p. i.9faction = sub-group of people (in this novel, 1 of 5 groups into which people are divided)
- At the time we had no idea what it would say, or that it would shatter the foundation we stand on, the factions, our identities.
p. 1.7factions = sub-groups of people (in this novel, 5 groups into which people are divided)editor's notes: In this novel faction is used specifically to refer to one of the five groups of people into which all people are divided.
- ... and this is the inheritance she passed to me: freedom from the factions, and the knowledge that my Divergent identity is more important than I could have known.
p. 2.4 *factions = sub-groups of people (in this novel, 5 groups into which people are divided)editor's notes: In this novel faction is used specifically to refer to one of the five groups of people into which all people have historically been divided.
- A factionless woman came to doctor our wounds and distribute painkillers, and we've eaten and showered several times, but no one has told us what's going on outside.
p. 3.1factionless = in this novel, people who do not belong to one of the 5 sub-groups into which people are dividedstandard 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.
- In the chaos, when everyone was shouting and the factionless were trying to push us toward the staircase, I curled my fingers in the hem of his shirt so I wouldn't lose him.
p. 3.6
- I walk over dirty footprints and beneath flickering lights to her cell and I am admitted without question, because I bear the factionless symbol—an empty circle—on a black band around my arm and Evelyn's features on my face.
p. 4.9
- We should thank you for defying the instructions of your faction leaders?
p. 11.4faction = sub-group of people (in this novel, 1 of 5 groups into which people are divided)
- Thank you for trying to prevent one of your faction leaders from killing Jeanine Matthews?
p. 11.5
- At the time I believed that Marcus was working under Dauntless-factionless orders.
p. 12.3factionless = in this novel, people who do not belong to one of the 5 sub-groups into which people are dividedstandard 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.
- "So Marcus told you he was working under my orders," she says, "and even knowing what you do about his rather tense relationship with both the Dauntless and the factionless, you believed him?"
p. 12.9
- Evelyn has us all trapped in the city, controlled by armed factionless patrolling the streets.
p. 13.2
- The guards did tell me a few things about the new factionless order this morning.
p. 15.5
- Former faction members are required to move closer to Erudite headquarters and mix, no more than four members of a particular faction in each dwelling.
p. 15.5faction = sub-group of people (in this novel, 1 of 5 groups into which people are divided)
- Former faction members are required to move closer to Erudite headquarters and mix, no more than four members of a particular faction in each dwelling.
p. 15.6
- I know I should try to stop putting people in factions when I see them, but it's an old habit, hard to break.
p. 16.3factions = sub-groups of people (in this novel, 5 groups into which people are divided)
- "Zeke says it sometimes takes a little while for the factionless to process exonerations, so they should be out later," Uriah says.
p. 16.5factionless = in this novel, people who do not belong to one of the 5 sub-groups into which people are dividedstandard 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.
- But then I remember that Caleb is still there, because he was a well-known lackey of Jeanine Matthews, and the factionless will never exonerate him.
p. 16.7
- But also living in factions.
p. 20.5factions = sub-groups of people (in this novel, 5 groups into which people are divided)
- The Allegiant claim that we're meant to be in factions because we've been in them since the beginning.
p. 20.5
- With the factions dismantled, part of me has felt like a man released from a long imprisonment.
p. 20.6
- I don't want the factions back.
p. 20.8
- But Evelyn hasn't liberated us like she thinks—she's just made us all factionless.
p. 20.8factionless = in this novel, people who do not belong to one of the 5 sub-groups into which people are dividedstandard 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.
- And that means that no matter what I believe about the factions, I'm relieved that someone, somewhere, is defying her.
p. 20.9factions = sub-groups of people (in this novel, 5 groups into which people are divided)
- I leave Erudite headquarters amid a crowd of people, my eyes confused, hunting for faction colors automatically when there are none left.
p. 23.3faction = sub-group of people (in this novel, 1 of 5 groups into which people are divided)
- I see Tobias standing in the middle of the lawn, wearing mixed faction colors—a gray T-shirt, blue jeans, and a black sweatshirt with a hood, representing all the factions my aptitude test told me I was qualified for.
p. 25.1
- I see Tobias standing in the middle of the lawn, wearing mixed faction colors—a gray T-shirt, blue jeans, and a black sweatshirt with a hood, representing all the factions my aptitude test told me I was qualified for.
p. 25.1factions = sub-groups of people (in this novel, 5 groups into which people are divided)
- I can feel it as I walk the cafeteria line with my tray, and see it in the huddled heads of a group of factionless as they lean over their oatmeal.
p. 33.2factionless = in this novel, people who do not belong to one of the 5 sub-groups into which people are dividedstandard 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 watch the group of factionless as I spoon it into my mouth without tasting it.
p. 34.1
- The nervy factionless girl jolts from her seat as if stuck with a live wire, and they all start toward the door.
p. 34.2
- A group of factionless has already gathered outside, in the middle of Michigan Avenue.
p. 34.4
- I hear someone shout, "Death to the factions!" and others pick up the phrase, turning it into a chant, until it fills my ears, Death to the factions, death to the factions.
p. 34.6factions = sub-groups of people (in this novel, 5 groups into which people are divided)
- I hear someone shout, "Death to the factions!" and others pick up the phrase, turning it into a chant, until it fills my ears, Death to the factions, death to the factions.
p. 34.6
- I hear someone shout, "Death to the factions!" and others pick up the phrase, turning it into a chant, until it fills my ears, Death to the factions, death to the factions.
p. 34.7
- I push toward the middle of the group, and then I see what they're all gathered around: The huge, man-sized faction bowls from the Choosing Ceremony are turned on their sides, their contents spilling across the road, coals and glass and stone and earth and water all mingling together.
p. 34.8faction = sub-group of people (in this novel, 1 of 5 groups into which people are divided)
- The crowd is swelling, not just with factionless wearing black armbands with empty white circles on them, but with people from every former faction, their arms bare.
p. 35.5factionless = in this novel, people who do not belong to one of the 5 sub-groups into which people are dividedstandard 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 crowd is swelling, not just with factionless wearing black armbands with empty white circles on them, but with people from every former faction, their arms bare.
p. 35.5faction = sub-group of people (in this novel, 1 of 5 groups into which people are divided)
- An Erudite man—his faction still indicated by his neatly parted hair—bursts free of the crowd just as Edward is pulling back the sledgehammer for another swing.
p. 35.6
- I see a blond head across the crowd—Tris, wearing a loose blue shirt without sleeves, showing the edges of the faction tattoos on her shoulders.
p. 35.9
- The faction bowls are printed on my eyelids, tipped on their sides, their contents in a pile on the street.
p. 38.2
- For Evelyn's empty, narrow vision: a city where factions are wrenched away from people against their will.
p. 38.4factions = sub-groups of people (in this novel, 5 groups into which people are divided)
- Making a big statement about the factions was more important to her than safety or the potential loss of lives.
p. 39.1
- She must have taught him to be a warrior again, after the loss of his eye and his faction and his footing.
p. 39.8faction = sub-group of people (in this novel, 1 of 5 groups into which people are divided)
- They were okay with me joining another faction.
p. 43.4
- Just ...more crumbling city, more factions, more of everything?
p. 44.7factions = sub-groups of people (in this novel, 5 groups into which people are divided)
- Former faction members and factionless alike are gathered in the space and spilling out into the street to hear what our new leader has to say, and factionless soldiers line the walls, their fingers poised over the triggers of their guns.
p. 45.5faction = sub-group of people (in this novel, 1 of 5 groups into which people are divided)
- Former faction members and factionless alike are gathered in the space and spilling out into the street to hear what our new leader has to say, and factionless soldiers line the walls, their fingers poised over the triggers of their guns.
p. 45.5factionless = in this novel, people who do not belong to one of the 5 sub-groups into which people are dividedstandard 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.
- Former faction members and factionless alike are gathered in the space and spilling out into the street to hear what our new leader has to say, and factionless soldiers line the walls, their fingers poised over the triggers of their guns.
p. 45.6
- It's also time to prepare for our new, factionless way of life.
p. 46.4
- Starting today, everyone will begin to learn the jobs the factionless have done for as long as we can remember.
p. 46.5
- We will then all do those jobs on a rotation schedule, in addition to the other duties that have traditionally been performed by the factions.
p. 46.6factions = sub-groups of people (in this novel, 5 groups into which people are divided)
Definitions:
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(1)
(faction) a sub-group with some interests not shared by the entire group
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)