派閥主義
解説 Definition
組織や政党の中で派閥を作り、対立する傾向や行動のこと。
Factionalism is a situation in which a group is divided into smaller groups that compete or disagree with each other. It is often used in politics, organizations, or communities where these internal divisions weaken unity.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
まず核は faction「派閥」。news で party factions, rival factions の形を見たら、『大きな組織の中で分かれた小グループ』を思い出すと定着しやすいです。そこに -al がついて factional は「派閥の／派閥的な」、さらに -ism がつくと「主義・傾向」になるので、factionalism は「派閥で動く体質・傾向」。単なる group ではなく、組織内で身内に固まり、他派と対立しやすいニュアンスがあります。political factionalism のような使われ方も一緒に覚えると残りやすいです。fraction（分数）とつづりを混同しないよう注意。
Keep the core noun `faction` in mind: a smaller group inside a larger organization. Then `factional` means related to factions, and `-ism` adds the idea of a system or habit, so `factionalism` is the tendency to split into rival camps. It is especially common in politics, as in `political factionalism`, and should not be confused with `fraction`.
例文
Factionalism within the party led to a bitter split before the election.
党内の派閥主義は選挙前の激しい分裂を招いた。
The organization struggled to achieve its goals due to persistent factionalism among its leaders.
その組織はリーダー間の根強い派閥主義のために目標達成に苦労した。
Historians attribute the empire's decline in part to rampant factionalism at court.
歴史家たちは帝国の衰退の一因を、宮廷で派閥主義が横行したことに帰している。
factionalism の類義語・関連語
派生語
factionalism の語源・成り立ち Etymology
factionalism は faction + -al + -ism で、faction はラテン語 factio「作ること、行動を共にする一団」に由来します。fact や factory と同じ facere「作る」が根にあり、人が作った小集団どうしで争う感じから「派閥主義」の意味になります。
Factionalism is formed from faction with -al and -ism. Faction comes from Latin factio, from facere "to make, do," the same root seen in fact and factory. The word originally referred to a group formed by people acting together, and later came to suggest competing groups and the mindset of strong party division.
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