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FACTION [2 records]

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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Record 2 2003-06-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Personnel Management (General)
  • Phraseology

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion du personnel (Généralités)
  • Phraséologie
OBS

Le mot anglais «duty» désigne, au singulier et au pluriel, la fonction, la charge, le service, le travail, en même temps que le devoir ou les devoirs qui en résultent. Cela [...] a facilité l'implantation d'un anglicisme qui consiste à traduire littéralement la locution "on duty" par en devoir.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Gestión del personal (Generalidades)
  • Fraseología
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