| factions definitions |
| # | Definition | Sets |
| 1 | conflicting groups | 15 sets |
| 2 | given to causing dissensions | 9 sets |
| 3 | opposing groups | 6 sets |
| 4 | dissenting groups | 5 sets |
| 5 | group of people with a common cause | 5 sets |
| 6 | opposing groups within a political party | 4 sets |
| 7 | small groups who compete to gain power | 4 sets |
| 8 | group of citizens united by some common passion or interest and opposed to the rights of other citizens or to the interests of the whole community | 3 sets |
| 9 | opposing groups within parties | 3 sets |
| 10 | interest groups | 3 sets |
| 11 | interest groups arising from the unequal distribution of property or wealth that james madison attacked in federalist paper no. 10. today's parties or interest groups are what madison had in mind when he warned of the instability in government caused by factions. | 3 sets |
| 12 | opposing groups within the same organiszation | 3 sets |
| 13 | groups of citizens united by some common passion or interest and opposed to the rights of other citizens or to the interests of the whole community | 3 sets |
| 14 | competing groups | 2 sets |
| 15 | dissenting groups of people | 2 sets |
| 16 | a group of persons forming a cohesive, usally contentious minority within a larger group | 2 sets |
| 17 | a group of persons forming a cohesive (unifying) | 2 sets |
| 18 | interest groups arising from the unequal distribution of property or wealth that james madison attacked in the federalist papers | 2 sets |
| 19 | interest groups arising from the unequal distribution of property or wealth that james madison attacked in federalist paper no. 10. today's parties or interest groups are what madison had in mind when he warned of the instability in government caused by these. | 2 sets |
| 20 | (1) a small group within a larger group. (2) according to james madison, a group that seeks to promote its own special interests at the expense of the common good. | 1 set |
| 21 | interest groups. | 1 set |
| 22 | or conflicting groups | 1 set |
| 23 | term used by madison to denote what we now call interest groups | 1 set |
| 24 | dissenanting groups | 1 set |
| 25 | small groups that have all the power who want what only they want | 1 set |
| 26 | cliques that seek power through a plot to achieve (usually sinister) ends | 1 set |
| 27 | given to causing dissensions. | 1 set |
| 28 | interest groups arising from the unequal distribution of property or wealth | 1 set |
| 29 | (term) small groups | 1 set |
| 30 | parties | 1 set |
| 31 | interest group arising from the unequal distribution of property or wealth that james madison attacked in fedeerakist paper no.10 | 1 set |
| 32 | groups of like minded people who try to influence the government | 1 set |
| 33 | different types of groups | 1 set |
| 34 | interest groups from the unequal distribution of property or wealth that james madison attacked in federalist paper x. today's parties or interest groups are what madison had in mind when he warned of the instability in government caused by factions. | 1 set |
| 35 | interest groups arising from the unequal distribution of property or wealth that james madison attacked in federalist paper no. 10. today's parties or interest groups are what madison had in mind when he warned of the instability in government created by factions. | 1 set |
| 36 | interest groups arising from the unequal distribution of property or wealth that james madison attacked in federalist paper no. 10. today's parties or interest groups are what madison had in mind when he warned of the instability caused by these. | 1 set |
| 37 | term used by madison to donate what we now call intrest groups | 1 set |
| 38 | groups motivated by self interest | 1 set |
| 39 | interest groups arising from the unequal distribution of property or wealth that james madison attacked in federalist paper no. 10. | 1 set |
| 40 | small groups that competed to gain power in paris | 1 set |