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dissension, intrigue, strife, sedition, disharmony, discord,
disagreement, quarrelling, contention, controversy, infighting,
rupture, split, rift, schism, clash: Faction within the party
has no regard for national interests.
factious adj. contentious, disputatious, litigious, refractory,
divisive, conflicting, discordant, argumentative, at odds, at
loggerheads, quarrelsome, seditious, mutinous, rebellious: A
factious Congress spells trouble for the President.
factitious
adj. fake(d), bogus, false, mock, falsified, artificial,
insincere, unreal, synthetic, fabricated, engineered,
manufactured, spurious, counterfeit, sham, simulated, imitation,
unauthentic, set or got up, rigged, Colloq phoney or US also
phony: We are all victims of factitious desires by which
luxuries have become necessities.
factor n. 1 constituent, ingredient, element, part, particular, piece,
component; circumstance, consideration, aspect, fact, influence,
determinant, cause: Which factors contributed to the decline of
Mayan civilization? 2 agent, representative, proxy, middleman,
intermediary, deputy, go-between: Our company has a factor
handling all our exports. 3 banker, financier, backer,
moneylender, lender: The factors lent us money to buy the stock
needed to fill the orders.
factory n. works, mill, plant: She has a job at the piano factory.
factual adj. 1 actual, real, true, authentic, verifiable, realistic,
true to life, genuine, valid, bona fide: The report is a
forgery, but the letters are factual. 2 accurate, correct,
true, correct, faithful, precise, unbiased, undistorted,
unvarnished, unexaggerated, objective, unprejudiced,
straightforward: This is a factual account of the Battle of
Marathon.
faculty n. 1 ability, capacity, skill, aptitude, potential, talent,
flair, knack, gift, genius; dexterity, adroitness, cleverness,
capability: She has a faculty for making people feel at home.
2 school, department, discipline: Her graduate studies were in
the Faculty of Philosophy. 3 staff, personnel, members, Brit
dons: Each member of the faculty has a doctorate. 4 power,