(countable) A group of people, especially within a political organization, which expresses a shared belief or opinion different from people who are not part of the group. / (uncountable) Strife; discord.

A form of literature, film etc., that treats real people or events as if they were fiction; a mix of fact and fiction

production, process, making

plural of faction

Of, pertaining to, or composed of factions.

The splitting of a group into factions. / Conflict between factions.

The formation of factions, often through conflict.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of factionalize

To split into factions

simple past tense and past participle of factionalize