factionalism
noun [ U ] mainly disapproving uk/ˈfæk.ʃən.əl.ɪ.zəm/ us/ˈfæk.ʃən.əl.ɪ.zəm/
派系冲突;派系斗争
a situation in which a group forms within a larger group, especially one with slightly different ideas from the main group
Factionalism was tearing the party and the country apart. 派系斗争使该党和该国四分五裂。
We want to rid the movement of factionalism. 我们要清除运动中的派系斗争。
See: faction
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- The country could collapse into factionalism and civil war.
- Factionalism drew the group ever more deeply into petty gripes and grievances.
- She mourns the tolerant, cosmopolitan city of her youth and decries the factionalism that led to its ruin.