faction
/ˈfakʃ(ə)n/
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American sound/ˈfakʃ(ə)n/
faction
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- Final -tion sounds like shun
fac - tion -> faction
Myanmar meaning
(n) (က) အုပ်စု။ ဂိုဏ်း။ ( ခ ) အုပ်စုကွဲမှု။ ဂိုဏ်းကွဲမှု။ ရာဇဝင် ထိုးဇာတ်ကဲ့သို့သောအရာ။
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faction / fækʃn / n
၁။ (က) [ C ] အုပ်စု။ ဂိုဏ်း။
rival factions within the government.
(ခ) [ U ] အုပ်စုကွဲမှု။ ဂိုဏ်းကွဲမှု။
a party divided by faction and intrigue.
၂။ [U] ရာဇဝင် ထိုးဇာတ်ကဲ့သို့သောအရာ။
❏ factional adj
အုပ်စုဖွဲ့မှု၊ ဂိုဏ်းကွဲမှုကြောင့်ဖြစ်သော။
factional disputes.
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group, section, party, splinter group, bloc, division, band, bunch, cabal, camp, caucus, cell, circle, clan, clique, club, coalition, combination, combine, combo, concern, conclave, confederacy, conflict, conspiracy, contention, contingent, coterie, crew, crowd, design, disagreement, discord, disharmony, dissension, disunity, divisiveness, entente, friction, gang, guild, infighting, insiders, intrigue, junta, knot, lobby, machine, minority, mob, network, offshoot, outfit, partnership, pressure group, quarrelsomeness, rebellion, ring, schism, sect, sectarianism, sector, sedition, set, side, strife, team, tumult, turbulence, unit, wing
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