faction war
Groups fighting internally
A faction war is armed conflict between competing groups within a larger organization, nation, or alliance—not enemies from outside, but internal rivals fighting for control or dominance.
The term appears frequently in gaming, where players join factions that battle each other: The server's faction war has been raging for weeks.
More broadly, it describes any bitter struggle between subgroups: The party's faction war threatened to split it apart.
- civilMinimally polite
- conflictOpposition between parties
- power struggleContest for dominance
- schismFormal organizational fracture
- rebellionDefiance of established power
uprising · betrayal · siege · territory · loyalist · insurgent · rival · enemy lines · bloodshed · blood feud · feud · skirmish · coup · hostile takeover · stronghold · militia · warlord · splinter
- PvP gamingPvP, duel, arena, deathmatch, team deathmatch
- Feudsfeud, grudge, vendetta, blood feud, family feud
faction warforeign invasion
Military entry by outsiders
international conflict · colonial war · war of conquest · defensive war · border war
faction warpeace
Freedom from disturbance
unity · national unity · social harmony · reconciliation · harmony
faction warcoalition
Temporary alliance for action
alliance · united front · grand coalition · political union · power-sharing
faction, factions, factional, factionalism, factious, war, wars, warring, warred