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factionalism|ˈfækʃənəlɪz(ə)m|
[f. factional a. + -ism.]
A condition characterized by faction; tendency to factional differences; the factional spirit.
1904Nation (N.Y.) 31 Mar. 244/1 The natural remedy for..such fierce factionalism as the Republicans are now displaying in office, is to turn them out. 1922Glasgow Herald 21 Feb. 8 Italy..suffers in her political life from the ineradicable vice of factionalism. 1926Contemp. Rev. Nov. 594 The provinces would be less subject to civil factionalism if the incentive to obtain control of Peking were absent. 1955Times 23 Aug. 7/5 Whether Signor Fanfani's pleas for less factionalism will succeed in reuniting the party will not be clear for some weeks. 1970Daily Tel. 23 July 6 An anthology refreshingly free both of personal prejudice and that factionalism with which Scottish life and letters abounds.
b. spec. In Communist usage.
1935E. Burns Handbk. Marxism 835 The Party is synonymous with unity of will, which leaves no room for any factionalism or division of authority in the Party. 1954Koestler Invisible Writing ii. 25 ‘Factionalism’—the formation of groups with a policy of their own—was a capital crime in the Party. |