factional
pronunciation
How to pronounce factional in British English:
UK [ˈfækʃnəl]
How to pronounce factional in American English:
US [ˈfækʃnəl]
Word Origin
- factional (adj.)
- 1640s, from faction (n.1) + -al (1). Shakespeare used factionary (c. 1600).
Example
- 1. She sat out factional fights , making the course she eventually chose look solomonic .
- 2. Connections can actually damage your business if a factional fight breaks out and your well-connected partner is on the wrong side .
- 3. In mexico , many long-term prison overcrowding , prisoners intense factional conflict , prison riots have occurred .
- 4. What if a factional ringleader refuses to be transferred ?
- 5. He says some of the pirate attacks in southern somalia can be attributed to the frustration over the selling of illegal shipping permits by factional leaders .