splinter group
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5.0
- noun
- /ˈsplɪntər ɡruːp/
:
grupo disidente
- But then they also acknowledge that there are splinter groups that are pro Russian operating from Ukraine.
But then they also acknowledge that there are splinter groups that are pro Russian operating from Ukraine.
- But then they also acknowledge that there are splinter groups that are pro Russian operating from Ukraine.
- I suppose that's why the infamous British born activist group Extinction Rebellion now has a splinter group which calls itself Insolate Britain.
Examples
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If so, then why so many splinter groups within feminism?
Blog text (2) -
They're splinter groups that claim to be Christian or Jewish or Buddhist or Hindu or Muslim.
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"The Seeds have a bunch of little splinter groups.
Fiction book (1994) -
There is a tiny splinter group, of course, that believes you can do these things.
Blog text (2) -
There are hundreds of thousands of denominations and splinter groups, all equally convinced they alone hold the truth.
Blog text (9) -
Then there's a locally based splinter group, smaller, even more radical, calling themselves The Truth.
Fiction book (1995) -
All seven are part of a splinter group from the Third Continental Congress, a kind of militia government-in-waiting.
Blog text (13) -
However, since the formation of the first splinter group, the Eastern Carolina Tuscarora Organization in 1970, this cohesion has been shattered.
Academic text (1995) -
Al Qaeda learned a lesson about overreach in 2006, when it attempted to bring splinter groups from the Egyptian Islamic Group and the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group under its umbrella.
Academic text (2011) -
The people who live here are members of a radical splinter group that has broken away from the mainstream Mormon church.
Synonyms
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5.5
A small group inside a larger group with different ideas that wants power
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6.1
A small group that splits from a larger religious group because of different beliefs
A group that wants to leave a country or an organization to be independent
How Independent
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun 'splinter group' is directly compositional: 'splinter' (to separate or break away) modifies 'group', so a learner who knows both words can infer it denotes a group that has split from a larger one. This follows a common English and cross-linguistic pattern of using a past/participle-like modifier to indicate a detached subgroup, so the meaning is immediately derivable for B1 learners.
Etymology
The noun splinter group comes from the image of a small, sharp piece of wood, a splinter, breaking off from a larger piece. So a splinter group is a small part that has 'split' from the main group, usually because of different ideas.