cabal, faction, junto, camarilla
(noun) a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue
faction, sect
(noun) a dissenting clique
Source: WordNet® 3.1
faction (countable and uncountable, plural factions)
(countable) A group of people, especially within a political organization, which expresses a shared belief or opinion different from people who are not part of the group.
(uncountable) Strife; discord.
faction (uncountable)
A form of literature, film etc, that treats real people or events as if they were fiction; a mix of fact and fiction
Source: Wiktionary
Fac"tion, n. Etym: [L. factio a doing, a company of persons acting together, a faction: cf. F. faction See Fashion.]
1. (Anc. Hist.)
Definition: One of the divisions or parties of charioteers (distinguished by their colors) in the games of the circus.
2. A party, in political society, combined or acting in union, in opposition to the government, or state; -- usually applied to a minority, but it may be applied to a majority; a combination or clique of partisans of any kind, acting for their own interests, especially if greedy, clamorous, and reckless of the common good.
3. Tumult; discord; dissension. They remained at Newbury in great faction among themselves. Clarendon.
Syn.
– Combination; clique; junto. See Cabal.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
1 June 2025
(verb) come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; “Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble”; “the political movie backlashed on the Democrats”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
