partisan group
Ideologically aligned coalition
A partisan group is an organized body united by strong commitment to a particular cause, party, or faction.
The term often describes armed resistance fighters operating in occupied territory, as during World War II: Partisan groups harassed Nazi supply lines throughout the Balkans.
More broadly, it can mean any faction showing fierce loyalty to one side of a political divide.
- factionGroup within group
- guerrillaIrregular armed fighter
- militiaNon-professional armed force
- rebelAuthority defier
- freedom fighterArmed rebel against tyranny
insurgent · armed resistance · resistance · underground · behind enemy lines · loyalist · splinter · cell · fighters · cadre · hit and run · movement · zealot · true believer · operative · saboteur · ambush · clandestine
partisan groupneutral party
Unbiased participant in disputes
mediators · fact-checkers · ombudsmen · referees · centrists
partisan groupregular army
Nation's permanent military force
conventional forces · standing army · occupation forces · professional army · peacekeeping force
partisan, partisans, partisanship, part, parts, parted, parting, partial, partially