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classification
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French classification
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?klæs?f??ke???n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
classification (countable and uncountable, plural classifications)
- The act of forming into a class or classes; a distribution into groups, as classes, orders, families, etc., according to some common relations or attributes.
- 1997: Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault, page 69 (Totem Books, Icon Books; ?ISBN
- I’m using mathesis — a universal science of measurement and order …
And there is also taxinomia a principle of 'classification' and ordered tabulation.
Knowledge replaced universal resemblance with finite differences. History was arrested and turned into tables …
Western reason had entered the age of judgement.
- I’m using mathesis — a universal science of measurement and order …
- 1997: Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault, page 69 (Totem Books, Icon Books; ?ISBN
Derived terms
- classification scheme
- classification yard
Related terms
- class
- classic
- classify
- category
- categorize
- segment
Translations
Further reading
- classification in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- classification in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- classification at OneLook Dictionary Search
French
Etymology
classe +? -ification
Pronunciation
Noun
classification f (plural classifications)
- classification
Further reading
- “classification” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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faction
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?fæk.??n/, /?fæk.?n?/
- Rhymes: -æk??n
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Middle French faction, from Latin facti? (“a group of people acting together, a political faction”), noun of process from perfect passive participle factus, from faci? (“do, make”). Doublet of fashion.
Noun
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.
- 1805, Johann Georg Cleminius, Englisches Lesebuch für Kaufleute, pg. 188:
- Publick [sic] affairs soon fell into the utmost confusion, and in this state of faction and perplexity, the island continued, until its re-capture by the French in 1779.
- 2001, Odd Magne Bakke, "Concord and Peace": A Rhetorical Analysis of the First Letter of Clement With an Emphasis on the Language of Unity and Sedition, publ. Mohr Siebeck, ?ISBN, pg. 89:
- He asks the audience if they believe that they will be more loved by the gods if the city is in a state of faction than if they govern the city with good order and concord.
- 1805, Johann Georg Cleminius, Englisches Lesebuch für Kaufleute, pg. 188:
Derived terms
- factional
- factionalize
Related terms
Translations
See also
- splinter group
Etymology 2
Blend of fact +? fiction.
Noun
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
Derived terms
- science faction
Related terms
- fact
- fiction
See also
- Non-fiction novel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin facti?, facti?nem. Compare façon, which is inherited rather than borrowed.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fak.sj??/
Noun
faction f (plural factions)
- act of keeping watch
- a watchman
- (politics) a faction; specifically one which causes trouble
Further reading
- “faction” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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