Definitions for factional

factional fac·tion·al

Spelling: [fak-shuh-nl]
IPA: /ˈfæk ʃə nl/

Factional is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 428 anagrams from letters in factional (aacfilnot).

Definitions for factional

adjective

  1. of a faction or factions.
  2. self-interested; partisan:

Origin of factional

First recorded in 1640-50; faction1 + -al1

Examples for factional

To improve the quality of life, factional disputes are being cast aside.

But the Union Party was so far from being a unit that during the summer factional quarrels developed within its ranks.

Iceland, at that time, was torn with factional feuds, and Snorre understood to perfection the art of fishing in troubled waters.

They undertake now this and now that; they cannot be quiet nor refrain from factional strife.

Make no mistake, there is a factional fight under way in Texas.

The factional divisions inside the GOP are deep, and increasingly reflect regional divides that are as much cultural as political.

It was no longer a factional affair, it was a theft, an infamous theft.

But whereas before, discipline used to flow from elected leadership down, today it flows from factional leadership up.

The factional balance between elitists and populists is no longer at equilibrium.

It is a pipe that seems to call aloud for the accompaniment of beer and earnest argument on factional political matters.

Word Value for factional
Scrable

14

Words with friends

17

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