factional

English

Etymology

From faction +‎ -al.

Adjective

factional (comparative more factional, superlative most factional)

1. Of, pertaining to, or composed of factions.
   • 2017, Matthew A. Crenson, Baltimore: A Political History, page 419:

     If successful, Claypoole's election would elevate Pollack even further above the city's other bosslets and aggravate the factional tensions that had divided the city council since Thomas D'Alesandro, Pollack's candidate, had become mayor.

Derived terms

• factionalism
• factionalist
• factionalization
• factionalize
• factionally
• interfactional
• intrafactional
• multifactional

 

Translations

of, pertaining to, or composed of factions

• German: Fraktions- (de)
• Spanish: faccional

Anagrams

• falcation