Multifactional
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Multifactional is an adjective meaning Of or pertaining to more than one faction.
Meaning
Of or pertaining to more than one faction.
Example Sentences
The current situation in Iraq should properly be described as “a multifactional civil war” in which “the government is composed of rival Shia factions” and “they are embattled with an outside Shia group, the Mahdi Army ,” Ira M. Lapidus, a co-author of “Islam, Politics and Social Movements” and a professor of history at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, wrote in an e-mail message.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include multifaction, multifactor, multitendency, multifamily, multifirm, multifactual.
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