faction

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.countable

• Real factions may be divided into those from interest, from principle, and from affection
• Prejudice has bred a counterprejudice so that now neither faction can nor will see without distortion.

Strife; discord.uncountable

• 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.
• 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.

A form of literature, film etc., that treats real people or events as if they were fiction; a mix of fact and fiction.uncountable

• Near-synonym: fictionalization

The facts found in fiction.uncountable