faction
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue
Types & categories
- clique hypernym
Parts & wholes
- cabalist member meronym
Sense 2 noun
a dissenting clique
Types & categories
- clique hypernym
- splinter group hyponym
- left wing hyponym
- right wing hyponym
- old guard hyponym
- pro-choice faction hyponym
- pro-life faction hyponym
Related & opposite
- dissentious derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | member meronym | Parts & wholes | cabalist |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | clique |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | dissentious |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | clique |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | splinter group |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | left wing |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | right wing |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | old guard |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | pro-choice faction |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | pro-life faction |