factionalism
noun
factionalism is a noun meaning “The splitting of a group into factions” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-A-C-T-I-O-N-A-L-I-S-M and has 5 syllables, and it appears about once in every 5 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of factionalism is factionalisms.
What does factionalism mean?
noun
- 1
The splitting of a group into factions.
- 2
Conflict between factions.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce factionalism?
Factionalism has 5 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of factionalism
- factionalisms plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is factionalism?
Factionalism appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 67,454th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Factionalism in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Translations:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | factionnalisme |
| Spanish | faccionalismo |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does factionalism come from?
From factional + -ism.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).