factional

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Factional flags were absent from the marches in Ramallah, with protesters holding up homemade signs and pictures of Banat.

From BBC • Jul. 2, 2021

Factional candidates can easily surge in polls in this phase, but a more broadly appealing candidate could also break out.

From New York Times • Aug. 6, 2015

Based on the levels of elite support and broad acceptability, we place the candidates into three categories — Invisible Primary Leaders, Mainstream Options and Factional Favorites — and explain how they align with historical comparisons.

From New York Times • Apr. 9, 2015

Factional and ideological rivalries within the faculty had subsided since Kagan's days as a student, but they remained pronounced.

From Washington Post • May 11, 2010

Factional life, as we know, develops through imitation and repetition, but personality through invention under guidance of the flashing analogies.

From The Will to Doubt An essay in philosophy for the general thinker by Lloyd, Alfred H.