Definition of "factionalism" []

• The splitting of a group into factions (noun)
• Conflict between factions (noun)

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• "Internal factionalism is being addressed with junior opposition partners (domestic and foreign) being slowly subordinated to their command structure, sometimes violently."
• "Demand their support quietly we must appear unified against the certain factionalism that will erupt after president Blair."
• "But to have this kind of factionalism right in the middle of a war really says the president didn't have a grip on this, and he allowed his lieutenants to really go after each other with knives."