facção

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /fak.ˈsɐ̃õ/

Noun

facção f (plural facções)

1. faction (group of people)
2. (politics) a subdivision of a political party
3. (religion) sect

Synonyms

• (faction): grupo, conjunto
• (sect): seita

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