different between faction vs coterie

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)

1. (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.
2. (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.

Derived terms

• factional
• factionalize

Related terms

Translations

See also

• splinter group

Etymology 2

Blend of fact +? fiction.

Noun

faction (uncountable)

1. 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)

1. act of keeping watch
2. a watchman
3. (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).

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French coterie.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k??t??i/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?ko?t??i/, /?ko?t???i/, [?ko????i], [?ko?????i]

Noun

coterie (plural coteries)

1. A circle of people who associate with one another for a common purpose.

   Synonym: clique
2. A communal burrow of prairie dogs.

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “coterie”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
• “coterie”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French coterie, from Medieval Latin coteria.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ko?.t??ri/
• Hyphenation: co?te?rie
• Rhymes: -i

Noun

coterie f (plural coteries or coterieën, diminutive coterietje n)

1. coterie, clique (exclusive circle of associates)

Related terms

• kot

French

Etymology

From Medieval Latin coteria, from Old English cot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?.t?i/
• Rhymes: -i

Noun

coterie f (plural coteries)

1. (historical) feudal community of peasants
2. (figuratively, also derogatory) coterie, clique, cabal (small, exclusive group of individuals advancing shared interests)

Descendants

• ? Dutch: coterie
• ? English: coterie
• ? German: Koterie

Further reading

• “coterie” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
• coterie on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr

Romanian

Etymology

From French coterie.

Noun

coterie f (plural coterii)

1. coterie

Declension