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Red Guards
Red Guards in Chinese history, politically active students of the Cultural Revolution (1966-69), who organized units to carry out Mao Zedong 's aim of rerevolutionizing Chinese society. As their numbers grew, the units engaged in factional struggles, and in 1968 Mao suppressed the movement. ... Read more
Vishwanath Pratap Singh
Vishwanath Pratap Singh , 1931-, Indian politician and prime minister (1989-90). As finance minister under Rajiv Gandhi (1984-87) he pursued policies of economic liberalization. Expelled from Gandhi's Congress faction in 1989, he formed an anti-Congress coalition, the Janata Dal. He became prime m... Read more
Students for a Democratic Society
Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), in U.S. history, a radical student organization of the 1960s. In the influential Port Huron (Mich.) Statement (1962), the organization, founded in 1960, presented its vision for post-Vietnam War America and called for students to join in a movement to establ... Read more
center
center in politics, a party following a middle course. The term was first used in France in 1789, when the moderates of the National Assembly sat in the center of the hall. It can refer to a separate party in a political system, e.g., the Catholic Center party of imperial and Weimar Germany, or to ... Read more
Ahmed Ben Bella
Ahmed Ben Bella , 1919-, Algerian statesman. After World War II he joined the Algerian nationalist movement and soon became a leader of its terrorist faction. He later (1952-56) served as director of the movement. Imprisoned (1956-62) for his activities, he became Algeria's first premier after indep... Read more
Guido Cavalcanti
Guido Cavalcanti , c.1255-1300, Italian poet; friend of Dante, whose work was greatly influenced by Cavalcanti's style. He belonged to the White faction in the struggle of the Guelphs in Florence and was exiled to Sarzana. There he fell ill with malaria and died soon after his recall. Much of his ve... Read more
dark horse
dark horse in U.S. politics, a person unexpectedly chosen by a major party as a candidate for public office, especially for the presidency. A presidential dark horse is usually chosen at a party national convention and often has acquired only a local or limited reputation at the time of his nominat... Read more
Spencer Compton Cavendish Devonshire, 8th duke of
Spencer Compton Cavendish Devonshire, 8th duke of , 1833-1908, British statesman. He became marquess of Hartington in 1858. He frequently held office in Liberal cabinets and by 1880 was a recognized leader of the conservative (Whig) faction of the Liberal party with regard to social legislation. He ... Read more
John Dillon
John Dillon 1851-1927, Irish nationalist. A supporter of Charles Stewart Parnell , he entered Parliament in 1880 and was arrested several times for his advocacy of boycotting and agrarian agitation. After the Parnell divorce scandal, Dillon led the anti-Parnell faction until the Nationalist party ... Read more
George Keith
George Keith c.1638-1716, Scottish preacher. Joining the Quakers c.1663, he was closely associated with Robert Barclay, George Fox, and other influential Friends. Shortly after his arrival in America (1684) he became the leader of a separate faction known as Christian Quakers, for which he was deno... Read more

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Soyuz Faction
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History SOYUZ FACTION The Soyuz faction was a group of hardliners in USSR Congress of People's Deputies...Yeltsin as its leader. Alksinis came up with the idea of the Soyuz faction in October 1989. It was launched on February 14, 1990, but only...
faction and feuding
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Irish History faction and feuding between rival magnates seems...was a much more pressing priority. Thus faction and feuding were more pervasive and disruptive...St Leger attempted to rule regardless of faction by promoting constitutional relationships...
faction
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature faction, a term coined c. 1970 to describe fiction based on and mingled with fact, at first applied particularly to American works of...
faction fighting
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Irish History faction fighting, between rival groups who met at fairs , patterns , and other venues to engage in pitched battles, emerged as a major...
Parcham
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa PARCHAM afghan marxist political faction; also its newspaper. Parcham (Banner), a faction of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan...the PDPA split into the Khalq (People's) faction and the Parcham faction. The split was in...
Kaifu Toshiki
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...the lower house, Kaifu joined the Miki faction of LDP Diet members. Almost immediately...favored and trusted confidants. After the faction's reins passed to Komoto Toshio upon...retirement in 1980, Kaifu stayed with the faction. His uninterrupted record of reelections...
Kim Ok-kyun
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...unveiled hostility by the pro-Chinese faction of the Korean government. Due to pressures from the conservative faction, Kim was assigned to less and less...modern Korean army. The Chinese-backed faction of the Korean government, led by the...
Yasuhiro Nakasone
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...the factions within the LDP, as the faction leaders contested the right to be prime minister. Nakasone joined the faction of Kono Ichiro, who died in 1965 after...before Nakasone prevailed and the Kono faction became the Nakasone faction. In theory...
John Peter Zenger
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...selected to print a weekly newspaper by a faction of influential men opposed to a governor...married again. The colony of New York was faction-ridden. A brief period of internal...justice, Lewis Morris, Morris assembled a faction of powerful men whose economic goals were...
Stamp Act (1765)
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History ...Oliver and Peter Oliver. This "royalist faction" was opposed by a coalition of poorer men known as the "popular faction," including the lawyer James Otis...politician Samuel Adams. The popular faction spread the idea that the royalist faction...

Dictionary entries related to "faction"

Faction
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms Faction a company of people acting together, of ten a contentious group; a set or class of people. See also , , . Examples: factions of collegians, monks, and canons, 1530; of evil, 1614; of fools, 1606.
faction
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English ...x259;n / • n. a small, organized, dissenting group within a larger one, esp. in politics: the left-wing faction of the party. ∎  conflict within an organization; dissension. fac·tion 2 • n. a...
-faction
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology -faction repr. L. -factiō , -ōn- , terminal el. of sbs. rel. to vbs. in -facere -FY , e.g. satisfaction ; extended to cases like petrifaction , where the corr. L. vb. would be in -ficāre .
The Trial of Anne Hutchinson at Newton (1637)
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...and countenance those that are parties in this faction that you have heard of. ( Mrs. H. ) That's...x2026; gov. You have joined with them in the faction. mrs. h. In what faction have I joined with them? gov. In presenting the...
Communist Party, United States of America
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...discovered a swift road to socialism. One left faction attended the Socialist Party's convention...International (Comintern). Another faction met on 1 September, also in Chicago...on terms. In May 1920, a minority CPA faction merged with the CLP to form the United...
States' Rights in the Confederacy
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...secession of the Southern states, but a faction of some of its strongest adherents impaired...their own troops. This states' rights faction opposed suspension of the writ of habeas...war supplies through the blockade. This faction hampered the effective prosecution of...
Terrorism, Middle East
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas ...Liberation Organization, while others (such as Abu Nidal's Fatah faction) operated outside the PLO. Palestinian nationalists were...Hamas and Islamic Jihad, later joined by a renegade Fatah faction known as the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, commenced a suici
Natchez
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...However, tribal solidarity became fatefully compromised when they split into a French faction led by the chief of the Grand Village, and a British faction led by the upstart chief of the White Apple village. The name "Natchez" actually refers...
Republicanism
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...colonial Americans felt their virtue stemmed from the country faction of English politics and identified with its anxieties over...fear of enslavement. They felt a kinship with the country faction's critique of merchants and lawyers who set up international...
Constitution of the United States
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...Rhode Island alone, then in the grip of a paper-money faction fearful of federal monetary reform, boycotted the meeting...by them to be fundamental to their cause. The nationalist faction demonstrated its power at the very outset of the proceedings...

Thesaurus entries related to "faction"

faction
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English faction • noun   1. the younger faction | a more radical faction synonyms : sector, section, group, side, party, band, set, ring, division, contingent, lobby, camp, bloc, clique, coalition, confederacy, coterie...
wing
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English wing • noun   1. the extreme wing of the party synonyms : arm, side, branch, section, segment, group, grouping, circle, faction, clique, set, coterie, cabal.   2. the east wing of the house synonyms : extension, annex, addition, ell.
movement
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...workings, action, wheels; inf. innards, guts.   5. form a peace movement synonyms : group, party, organization, faction, wing, coalition, front.   6. mount a peace movement synonyms : campaign, crusade, drive.   7. play...
coterie
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English coterie • noun   synonyms : clique, set, crowd, circle, gang, club, community, league, alliance, faction, cabal.
cult
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...sect, religion, church, denomination, body, affiliation, faith, belief, persuasion, following, party, school, faction, clique.   2. the rap music cult synonyms : craze, fashion, fad; admiration, devotion, obsession, homage...
cabal
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English cabal • noun   1. a political plot laid by a cabal synonyms : clique, faction, coterie, league, confederacy, band, gang, party, set, ring, junta, junto.   2. the cabal was discovered in...
bloc
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English bloc • noun   synonyms : alliance, coalition, union, federation, league, ring, group, syndicate, combine, entente, party, wing, faction, cabal, clique, coterie.
set
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...literary set synonyms : clique, coterie, circle, crowd, group, crew, band, company, ring, camp, fraternity, school, faction, league; informal gang, bunch.   3. a chemistry set synonyms : kit, apparatus, equipment, outfit.  ...
party
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...gang, band, crowd, pack, contingent; informal bunch, crew, load.   3. the left-wing parties synonyms : faction, political party, group, grouping, cabal, junta, bloc, camp, caucus.   4. don't mention a certain party...
junta
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus junta • noun  Myanmar's military junta has freed five more opposition lawmakers synonyms : faction, cabal, clique, camarilla, party, set, ring, gang, league, confederacy.

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Faction: in the reign of Elizabeth I: Will Saunders examines the diverse and changing interpretations of the Queen's relations with her Councillors.(Talking Points)
Magazine article from: History Review; 3/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...she is remembered for. The concept of faction has been particularly debated by successive...arguing that Elizabeth was overwhelmed by faction-fighting at key points in her reign...the stability of the kingdom. What does Faction mean? One of the major problems in assessing...
Red Faction[R]: Guerrilla[TM] Now Available for Games for Windows - LIVE.
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THQ Ships ``Red Faction II'' For PlayStation 2; Sequel to Volition Inc.'s Top-Selling, Critically Acclaimed Hit Backed by Multi-Million Dollar Marketing Campaign.
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THQ's `Red Faction' to Be Re-Launched Under PlayStation 2 `Greatest Hits' Collection.
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Snoh leads 36 member-faction in breakaway from NAP, NATION
Newspaper article from: The Nation (Thailand); 5/7/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...yesterday led his so-called Wang Nam Yen faction in a breakaway from Chavalit Yongchaiyudh...EXPECTATIONS and his own pronouncement that his faction will leave the NAP when there are signs of a new poll. At the same time, the faction plans to demand its own share of places...