political strife
1strife — UK US /straɪf/ noun [U] ► disagreements between groups of people: »industrial/financial/political strife »boardroom/internal strife …
2strife — [straıf] n [U] formal [Date: 1100 1200; : Old French; Origin: estrif, probably from estriver; STRIVE] trouble between two or more people or groups = ↑conflict ethnic/religious/civil etc strife ▪ a time of political strife …
3strife — noun Etymology: Middle English strif, from Anglo French estrif, estri, of Germanic origin; akin to Middle Dutch striden to fight, Old High German strītan to quarrel more at stride Date: 13th century 1. a. bitter sometimes violent conflict or… …
4strife — noun (U) formal trouble between two people or groups; conflict 1: a time of political strife …
5strife — noun these countries have been immersed in political strife for more than a hundred years Syn: conflict, friction, discord, disagreement, dissension, dispute, argument, quarreling, wrangling, bickering, controversy; ill/bad feeling, falling out,… …
6Political faction — A political faction is a grouping of individuals, especially within a political organisation, such as a political party, a trade union, or other group with a political purpose. It may also be referred to as a power bloc, or a voting bloc. The… …
7strife — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ internal ▪ ethnic, factional, internecine, sectarian ▪ civil, industrial, labour/labor (esp. AmE) …
8political system — Introduction the set of formal legal institutions that constitute a “government” or a “ state.” This is the definition adopted by many studies of the legal or constitutional arrangements of advanced political orders. More broadly defined,… …
9political — adj. VERBS ▪ be ▪ become, get ▪ We have no intention of getting political. ADVERB ▪ highly, very …
10Political factions in Joseon Dynasty — Infobox Korean name hangul=붕당 hanja=朋黨 rr=Bung dang mr=Pung tang The Bungdang (Hangul: 붕당, Hanja: 朋黨) was called political factions during the Joseon Dynasty. Throughout the Dynasty, various regional and ideological factions struggled for… …
