factionate
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
Synonym of factionalize.
Example Sentences
- "However, the Council immediately began to factionate."
- "I said I would feel more comfortable with a smaller ICBM on the U.S. side if I could be assured that the Soviet Union would not factionate beyond 10 reentry vehicles."
- "They create situations that allow, even encourage, invidious social comparison, which tends to factionate people who might otherwise engage in fruitful social relationships."
- "They have gained this reputation by being intensely rivalrous and obsessively factionate, however, so the impression that the "placing" litany of questions is primarily incorporative in its intent is, I think, largely erroneous."
Etymology
Inflected Forms
factionates (present, singular)
factionating (participle, present)
factionated (participle, past)
factionated (past)
more factionate (comparative)
most factionate (superlative)