A party, in political society, combined or acting in union, in opposition to the government, or state; -- usually applied to a minority, but it may be applied to a majority; a combination or clique of partisans of any kind, acting for their own interests, especially if greedy, clamorous, and reckless of the common good.

Self-interested group that acts in ways inconsistent with the common good.

agrees what person, safe, fair, done, evil, forgive and ignore mean - social group with one ethic, maybe sharing an approach to negotiating it th other groups in a society

a larger body than a cabal , employed for selfish purposes in agitating the community and working up an excitement with a view to change the existing order of things

a larger body that a cabal, employed for selfish purpoeses in agitating the community and working up an excitement with a view to chenge the existing order of things

Tumult; discord; dissension.

a conspiracy or union of a few or of many in dissension with other citizens

One of the divisions or parties of charioteers (distinguished by their colors) in the games of the circus.

a branch of SeeD in a specific online game

a control system for determining how game objects interact with each other in terms of friendly, neutral, and hostile reactions

a recently coined term used to describe works that straddle the line between fact and fiction.

In literature, faction is a neologism used to describe a works based on real historical figures and actual events, woven together with fictional writing. An example of faction is the book According to Queeney by Beryl Bainbridge. This book describes the last few years of Samuel Johnson's life as seen through the eyes of Queeney Thrale, eldest daughter of Henry Thrale and Hester Thrale.

Factitious Factoid

a satellite community of TGC, founded for role players united by a common in-character goal

Factions are the semi-organized quasi-nations of non-player peoples that live in the world. Non-player factions include the Pikes, Thugz, Derelicts, TemperNet units, INC, etc.

an organization whose membership provides many benefits to characters that join. A player's character may rise to become the head of a faction, and intrepid players may have their character attain that rank for every joinable faction in the game. Some benefits to joining a faction are: faction-specific stores (such as a person who can sell lockpicks to other Thieves Guild members), skill training, quests, items (such as Dark Brotherhood armor), and many more.

a free union of kindred minds within a party and after over a year of strife both in Russia and abroad we had a perfect right, we had the duty, to make a definite decision

a section of a party which has a common view about an important question and works to win the rest of the party to that view

Kurzick or Luxon faction points used to gain alliance territory.

Points earned in PvP that can be used to unlock goodies on your account.

Faction is a rock, punk, hip-hop, and heavy metal music mixed station on SIRIUS Satellite Radio channel 28 and DISH Network channel 6028.

a clan but on a much bigger scale

a lethal weapon, which has its own logic

A unified team that is not in accordance with the majority. The world of 2125 contains many factions that were formed against governments and corporations.