junto
Scheming political faction
A junto is a small group of people united for a common purpose, typically political.
The word often carries connotations of secrecy or self-interest—a cabal or faction working behind the scenes: The junto met privately to consolidate power.
Benjamin Franklin famously organized a junto for mutual improvement in colonial Philadelphia, giving the word more neutral associations in American usage.
Clandestine coordinated scheming
- cliqueExclusive social group
- coterieExclusive social circle
- factionGroup within group
- cellBasic unit of life
ring · circle · cadre · syndicate · confederacy · league · combine · bloc
Party selection meeting
- factionGroup within group
- blocAllied group sharing interests
- partisansStaunch factional supporters
- dissidentsPolitical objectors
insurgents · radicals · agitators · revolutionaries · subversives · separatists · splinter-group · opposition
Concealed from authorities
- covertIntentionally concealed
- surreptitiousDone secretly, avoiding detection
- furtiveSecretive and sly
- backroomPrivate space for dealings
cloak-and-dagger · underground · hidden · shadowy · veiled · hush-hush · private · confidential
Underhanded control of others
- maneuveringSkillful directional control
- lobbyingAdvocating to decision-makers
- cloutInformal power or punch
- leverageBorrowed capital for amplified returns
sway · scheming · string-pulling · arm-twisting · patronage · machinations · intrigue · connivance
Hereditary ruling class
- oligarchsWealthy few who govern
- plutocratsRulers through financial power
- grandeesPersons of eminence
- notablesDistinguished persons collectively
magnates · insiders · establishment · privileged · patricians · bluebloods · gentry · nobility
conspiracy
Clandestine coordinated scheming
cell · ring · circle · cadre · syndicate · confederacy · league · combine · bloc · coalition
caucus
Party selection meeting
dissidents · insurgents · radicals · agitators · revolutionaries · subversives · separatists · splinter-group · opposition · loyalists
clandestine
Concealed from authorities
- covertIntentionally concealed
- surreptitiousDone secretly, avoiding detection
- furtiveSecretive and sly
backroom · cloak-and-dagger · underground · hidden · shadowy · veiled · hush-hush · private · confidential · discreet
manipulation
Underhanded control of others
- maneuveringSkillful directional control
- lobbyingAdvocating to decision-makers
- cloutInformal power or punch
leverage · sway · scheming · string-pulling · arm-twisting · patronage · machinations · intrigue · connivance · wirepulling
aristocrats
Hereditary ruling class
- oligarchsWealthy few who govern
- plutocratsRulers through financial power
- grandeesPersons of eminence
notables · magnates · insiders · establishment · privileged · patricians · bluebloods · gentry · nobility · mandarins
- groupsteam, teams, group, club, clubs
- political intrigueintrigue, conspiracy, treason, plot, collusion
- espacioplaneta, luna, sol, tierra, cosmos
- eliteelite, elites, aristocrats, nobility, best
- inner circlesinner circle, inner ring, inner sanctum, in-group, ingroup
juntolegislature
Lawmaking governmental branch
parliament · elected council · legitimate authority · government · council
juntogeneral assembly
Complete organizational meeting
open forum · public assembly · populace · the masses · public body
- military juntaRuling council of officers
- railroad junctionWhere train lines converge
- junction boxEnclosed wire meeting point
- railway junctionPoint where tracks connect
- junction boxesProtective housings for wire splices
- road junctionWhere routes intersect
junction, adjunct, junta, conjunction, injunction, conjunctions, disjunction, disjunctive, juntas