facção

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• fação (Portugal)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fakˈsɐ̃w̃/ [fakˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• Audio (Brazil):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: fac‧ção

Noun

facção f (plural facções) (Brazilian Portuguese spelling, superseded in European Portuguese)

1. faction (group of people)

   Synonyms: grupo, conjunto

2. (politics) a subdivision of a political party
3. (religion) sect

   Synonym: seita

4. Clipping of facção criminosa.

Meronyms

• (faction): pessoa, indivíduo
• (subdivision of political party): político
• (sect): religioso, fiel, crente

Holonyms

• (subdivision of political party): partido
• (sect): religião

Related terms

• faccionado
• faccionar
• facciosidade
• facciosismo
• faccioso