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Record 1 2010-08-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations and Associations (Admin.)
  • Sociology of Ideologies
DEF

A group of people in a political party, church, club, etc. acting together, usually in opposition to another such group or the main body.

OBS

A faction often seeks to promote only its own interests at the expense of the group as a whole.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et associations (Admin.)
  • Sociologie des idéologies
DEF

Groupe de gens unis pour renverser le pouvoir établi, ou qui se livrent à une activité fractionnelle à l'intérieur d'un groupe.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y asociaciones (Admón.)
  • Sociología de la ideología
DEF

Unión de algunos que se confederan para un fin, separándose del común.

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