factionalist
- adjective
- /ˌfækʃəˈnælɪst/
- Her factionalist views often made it difficult for the team to work towards a common goal.
Examples
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During the meeting, the factionalist behavior of some members created a divide that hindered progress.
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The factionalist approach within the committee led to heated debates and conflicts between members.
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Because of these factionalist divisions, I anticipate that costly sanctions will have more varied effects on military regimes than they do on personalist states.
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But I expect, in general, that these costs eventually accentuate factionalist differences, increasing the likelihood of policy changes that accede with sender demands, in our case toward liberal political reform.
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More specifically, costly targeted sanctions in times of crisis tend to splinter elites in more-factionalist regimes, like military governments.
Academic text (2014)
Synonyms
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6.7
Showing strong support for one side and not being fair
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7.5
Involving conflict between small groups inside a larger group
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8.2
Prefers to be with a small close group and excludes other people
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8.8
Supporting one religious or ethnic group in ways that can cause division
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7.7
Showing strong support for a group or cause without seeing other views
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9.9
Causes a split within a religious group or organization
Showing strong loyalty to one group and causing conflict with other groups
Supporting one religious group and its practices
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Etymology
Factionalist comes from faction, a word for a small group or party, and that comes from a root meaning 'to make', the same root in factory ('a place that makes things'). So a factionalist attitude is one that strongly backs a single group and can split the whole group.