factional

English

Etymology

Fromfaction+‎-al.

Adjective

factional(comparativemorefactional,superlativemostfactional)

1. Of, pertaining to, or composed offactions.
   • 2017,Matthew A. Crenson,Baltimore: A Political History,page419:

     If successful, Claypoole's election would elevate Pollack even further above the city's other Boss lets and aggravate thefactionaltensions 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