FACTION  

GROUP of PERSONS HAVING the SAME ASPIRATIONS AND OFTEN:typically VOLUNTARILY ESTABLISHED FOR INFLUENCING a GOVERNMENT OR INSTITUTION.
PARTYCLIQUECOTERIECAUCUSCABALBLOCCAMPGROUPGROUPINGSECTORSECTIONWINGARMBRANCHSETGINGER GROUPPRESSURE GROUPGANG
Hypernym
  • GROUPCATEGORY of PEOPLE OR THINGS which COOPERATE, MUTUALLY RESEMBLE OR are TOGETHER IN ONE PLACE.
    • CATEGORYABSTRACT CONCEPT REFERRING TYPICALLY to MANY THINGS with RESEMBLING FEATURES.
      • CONCEPTABSTRACT DEFINED IDEA of OBJECTS of THOUGHT.
        • IDEAWHAT one THINKS....
See also
  • SHELTERSAFEGUARD ENDURINGLY by GIVING SAFE DWELLING.
    Old Chinese Criteria
    1. The current general word for a faction is dǎng 黨.

    2. Bǐ zhōu 比周 refers to political factions at royal courts.

    3. Péng dǎng 朋黨 refers to political "gangs" and friendship associations with clear political ambitions.

    4. Dǎng yǔ 黨與 refers to a group of political supporters, and the word has somewhat milder negative overtones.

    Modern Chinese Criteria
    黨派

    政派

    教派

    學派

    左派

    左翼

    右派

    右翼

    守舊派

    急進派

    過激派

    正統派

    革新派

    頑固派

    中間派

    京派

    海派

    官官相護

    貓鼠同眠

    rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH /

    Old Chinese Contrasts
    LEIBNIZ 6.4 P. 38: M e d i u m (accurate) illud est quod inter duo situm est, et aeque ab illis distat. C o n s p i r a t i o est factio occulta.

    • Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien ( DOEDERLEIN 1840) p.

      PARTY

      partes refers the party which is formed of itself by difference of principles and interests.

      factio refers to the clique of partisans, formed by narrow differences of the members of a party with each other, and who act together with blind party-spirit.

    • SYNONYMES FRANÇOIS, LEURS DIFFÉRENTES SIGNIFICATIONS, ET LE CHOIX QU'IL EN FAUT FAIRE Pour parler avec justesse ( GIRARD 1769) p. 2.66:47

      FACTION.PARTI

    Words

      dǎng OC: taaŋʔ MC: tɑŋ 29 AttributionsWD

    The current general word for a faction is dǎng 黨.

      Word relations
    • Epithet: 私/PRIVATE The dominant current word for privacy is sī 私 (ant. gōng 公 "public"), and the word designates everything that falls outside the responsibility of public administration. Contrast SELFISH.
    • Contrast: 偏/PARTIAL The current general word for being partial rather than catholic in orientation of coverage is piān 偏 (ant. quán 全 "completely").
    • Contrast: 群/GROUP The current general term for a group is qún 群.
    • Assoc: 與/COOPERATE The current general word for cooperation is yǔ 與 (ant. jué 絕 "cut off relations with").

      Syntactic words
    • nfaction; group; partyCH
    • nabactfactionalism
    • npost-Ncollectivegroup; faction, gang
    • vibe conspiratorial, be prone to form gangs
    • viactform gang, conspire at lower social levels
    • vt+prep+Nbe partial to
    • vtoNbe partial to, favour unfairly
    朋黨  péng dǎng OC: bɯɯŋ taaŋʔ MC: bəŋ tɑŋ 28 AttributionsWD

    Péng dǎng 朋黨 refers to political "gangs" and friendship associations with clear political ambitions.

      Word relations
    • Assoc: 比周/FACTION Bǐ zhōu 比周 refers to political factions at royal courts.
    • Oppos: 友/FRIEND The most general current word for a friend is yǒu 友 (ant. dí 敵 "enemy"), and the specific nuance indicated by this word is that of a commonality of feelings and interests, although it must be noted that the etymological link of the word is with the notion of "help", and in pre-SHI times the word tended to refer to cooperating associates rather than friends.

      Syntactic words
    • NPabactganging up, factionalism
    • NPadNfactional, friendship-based, partisan
    • NP{N1=N2}collectivefriendship group, association of friends; friends
    • VPiactform friendship groups
    比周  bì zhōu OC: bis tjɯw MC: bi tɕɨu 28 AttributionsWD

    Bǐ zhōu 比周 refers to political factions at royal courts.

      Word relations
    • Assoc: 朋黨/FACTION Péng dǎng 朋黨 refers to political "gangs" and friendship associations with clear political ambitions.

      Syntactic words
    • NPab{N1=N2}actfactionalism
    • VPiactform factions 相與比周
    • VPtoNform factions with 相比周
    黨與  dǎng yǔ OC: taaŋʔ k-laʔ MC: tɑŋ ji̯ɤ 9 AttributionsWD

    Dǎng yǔ 黨與 refers to a group of political supporters, and the word has somewhat milder negative overtones.

      Syntactic words
    • NPabactthe building up of factions
    • NP{N1=N2}collectivefaction
      tú OC: daa MC: duo̝ 6 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • ncollectivescholarly faction; sort of person
    • npost-Nkind of person characterised by N; adherents of N
      liú OC: ru MC: lɨu 2 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • ncollective(scholarly) faction
      shǔ OC: djoɡ MC: dʑi̯ok 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • npluralfollowers; adherents
      shū OC: kh-ra MC: ʈhi̯ɤ 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNgang up with
      jié OC: kiid MC: ket 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • viactgang up, form links
      qún OC: ɡlun MC: gi̯un 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • ncollectiveclique
    • vt+prep+Nband together with
      yǔ OC: ɢʷaʔ MC: ɦi̯o 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • npartisan
    族黨  zú dǎng OC: sɡooɡ taaŋʔ MC: dzuk tɑŋ 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • NPmfaction including the clan members
    枝派  zhī pài OC: kje phreeɡs MC: tɕiɛ phɣɛ 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • NPfaction, branch
    黨人  dǎng rén OC: taaŋʔ njin MC: tɑŋ ȵin 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • NPdefinitethe members of a clique or faction, conspirators, schemers
      pí 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • vt[oN]form factions, gang upLZ

    Existing SW for

    Here are Syntactic Words already defined in the database:

      Searching Wikidata

      Type: