factionalize
verbEtymology From factional + -ize.
1
To split into factions
- He has no official political role, but he is a unifying force and peacemaker in a nation that has become increasingly factionalized and acrimonious.2009 January 20, Seth Mydans, Mark Mcdonald, “Novelist Given 3 Years for Insulting Thai King”, in New York Times:
- Derived terms
- factionalizer, unfactionalized