Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
factionalism
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A similar scholarly consensus exists over the Nationalists' vastly greater success in dealing with internal factionalism.
▪ Because of user non-participation, factionalism and the failure of user committees, periodic group meetings were organised by staff.
▪ Even while moving to the Left, trade-union activists remained hostile to Lenin's fierce factionalism.
▪ Indeed, the inter-war years saw the continued decline of the Liberal Party and the persistence of factionalism.
▪ Larger groups were prone to intense factionalism.
▪ The attack on factionalism nevertheless was concentrated on the Democratic Platform.
▪ The committee's demise was generally attributed to factionalism and a lack of interest among other Contact users.
▪ The other side of the coin has also persisted in the form of factionalism and intergroup conflict.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
factionalism
n. 1 The splitting of a group into factions. 2 conflict between factions.
Usage examples of "factionalism".
Grimsel frowned a sturdy frown, no longer precisely bored but clearly puzzled as to what bearing this discourse on factionalism over a hundred years past could have on current events.
All customary enmity and internal friction seemed to be dwindling at a time when, normally, factionalism should be exploding as old antagonists tried to use the situation to their advantage.