派閥|はばつhabatsu[0]heiban (flat)

1. no-adjectiveclique; faction
   ２つの派閥はばつが手てをむすんだ。↗

   The two factions gang up with each other.

• Synonym党派とうはNeutralPolitical parties and political groupings; rather formal, as in 「超党派」. 派閥 is an exclusive clique within an organization.
• Synonym閥ばつWrittenMostly a suffix for cliques based on personal ties, as in 「学閥」「財閥」; written style. 派閥 is a clique within one organization.
• Synonym分派ぶんぱNeutralA branch or sect that has split off from a main stream; 派閥 is a power clique within an organization.
• Synonym会派かいはWrittenWritten style: a parliamentary group or bloc of legislators. 派閥 is an exclusive clique inside a party, company, etc.
• Synonym徒党ととうWrittenWritten style: a group that bands together for private gain, strongly pejorative; 派閥 is neutral to mildly negative.
• Synonym私党しとうWrittenWritten style: a private faction, pejorative; 派閥 is much more common.
• Synonym閥族ばつぞくWrittenWritten style: a clan-like clique, found mostly in historical contexts; 派閥 is more common and centers on cliques within an organization.
• Synonym朋党ほうとうWrittenWritten style: a clique formed for common interests, pejorative; 派閥 is the more common word.
• Synonym党閥とうばつWrittenWritten style and rare: cliques within a political party. In everyday speech, 派閥 is the word to use.
• Related党とうNeutralA political party; also a suffix for people with a shared taste, as in 「甘党」. 派閥 is a clique inside a party or company.
• Related一党いっとうNeutralA single faction or party; also the same party. 派閥 stresses an exclusive clique within an organization.
• Related派はNeutralMostly a suffix for schools and camps, as in 「印象派」. 派閥 is about people banding together for power inside an organization.

Use 「派閥」 for an exclusive clique inside a party, company or other organization, as in 「派閥争い」. Say 「党派」 for political parties, 「閥」 in suffixes like 「学閥」「財閥」, and 「派」 for schools such as 「印象派」. 「徒党」「私党」「朋党」 are written, pejorative words for self-serving groups; 「会派」 is a parliamentary group; 「党閥」「閥族」 are rare or historical. 「党」 is a party, 「一党」 one faction, 「分派」 an offshoot.

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1. ある集団しゅうだんの内部ないぶにおいて、何なんらかの縁えんを持もつ者もの同士どうしが排他的はいたてきに集あつまったもの。