factional
派閥的な
解説 Definition
政党や団体内での異なるグループやセクション間の対立や分裂に関連した状態や行動を表します。特定の派閥に属する立場や、派閥的利益を優先する傾向を示す形容詞です。
Factional describes something connected with factions, which are smaller groups inside a larger organization that disagree with each other. It is often used in politics, parties, or institutions with internal conflict. The word usually suggests division, rivalry, or power struggles.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
faction を知っていれば、そのまま「派閥」＋ -al で「派閥に関する」と見抜けます。national, regional と同じく「名詞＋-al」で「〜の」という形。ポイントは、ただの group 的な「集団の」ではなく、同じ組織の中で小グループ同士がぶつかる感じが強いこと。factional conflict / factional dispute / factional politics などで覚えると、内部対立・足の引っ張り合いの場面が浮かびます。fictional と見間違えないこと。
Start from `faction`, then add `-al`, just like `nation` becomes `national`. That gives the idea of something related to factions inside a larger group. Be careful not to confuse it with `fictional`, which looks similar but is unrelated.
例文
Factional disputes within the party weakened its unity.
党内の派閥的な紛争は、その統一性を弱めました。
The government was plagued by factional conflicts for years.
政府は何年もの間、派閥的な紛争に悩まされていました。
Their factional differences made it difficult to reach consensus.
彼らの派閥的な違いは、合意に達することを難しくしました。
factional の類義語・関連語
派生語
factional の語源・成り立ち Etymology
factional は faction「派閥」+ -al「〜の」で、faction はラテン語 factio にさかのぼります。factio は facere「作る・なす」由来で、もとは「行動を共にする集団」の感覚から「派閥」へ。同根語に fact, factory があります。
Factional comes from faction plus the suffix -al. Faction goes back to Latin factio, from facere, meaning "to do" or "to make," and it first referred to a group acting together. From that sense, it developed into the idea of a party or clique within a larger group, and factional came to mean connected with such divisions. Related words include fact and factory.
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