facção

Portuguese

Alternative forms

fação (Portugal)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin factiōnem. Compare the inherited doublet feição (“aspect, feature”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /fakˈsɐ̃w̃/ [fakˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /faˈksɐ̃w̃/

Hyphenation: fac‧ção
Audio (BR) (file)

Noun

facção f (plural facções) (Brazilian spelling, superseded in European Portuguese)

faction (group of people)
Synonyms: grupo, conjunto
(politics) a subdivision of a political party
(religion) sect
Synonym: seita
Clipping of facção criminosa.

Meronyms

(faction): pessoa, indivíduo
(subdivision of political party): político
(sect): religioso, fiel, crente

Holonyms

(subdivision of political party): partido
(sect): religião

Related terms

faccionar
faccionado
facciosidade
facciosismo
faccioso

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