单词 | factionalism |
释义 | factionalismn. 1. The state or condition of being factional or split into factions; a condition characterized by dissent or faction; tendency to factional differences. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > party or faction > [noun] > partisanship or factionalism partiality1520 partaking1533 factiona1538 factiousness1572 siding1600 side-taking1626 parting1652 partying1681 party spirit1705 party1726 party feeling1796 partyism1831 partisanship1834 factionism1848 partisanism1850 factionalism1855 partisanry1889 1855 Sauk County (Wisconsin) Standard 1 Aug. You complainingly assert that Congress passed laws not demanded by the people. This is in keeping with your factionalism. 1898 P. Bloch H. Graetz iv. 37 He could not attract a party to his leadership by seductive wiles, nor infuse fanatic factionalism into its ranks. 1926 Contemp. Rev. Nov. 594 The provinces would be less subject to civil factionalism if the incentive to obtain control of Peking were absent. 1970 Daily Tel. 23 July 6 An anthology refreshingly free both of personal prejudice and that factionalism with which Scottish life and letters abounds. 2011 T. Kuran Long Divergence ii. vii. 140 Notwithstanding early Islam's aversion to factionalism, premodern Muslim rulers treated certain collectivities as groups. 2. spec. In Communist usage: dissent or division seen as undermining Party discipline, and usually regarded as a serious offence. ΚΠ 1920 J. Spargo in N.Y. Times 5 Dec. viii. 6/1 It was no time for factionalism and party strife... In the conditions then existing in Russia, factionalism was madness and treason. 1928 F. L. Schuman Amer. Policy toward Russia since 1917 xii. 289 At the same time Trotsky and Kameneff were removed from the political bureau of the party and later from its Central Committee. ‘Factionalism’ and violations of party discipline were the assigned causes of their downfall. 1954 A. Koestler Invisible Writing ii. 25 ‘Factionalism’—the formation of groups with a policy of their own—was a capital crime in the Party. 1974 Guardian 24 Jan. 3/1 As the purges [in Yugoslavia] have reached their climax..party members are being purged for indulging simply in ‘factionalism’. 2012 Times (Nexis) 12 Apr. 19 He was..known for factionalism... With a new round of leadership moves due in the utterly opaque Chinese Communist Party, he was suddenly deposed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1855 |
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