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• strife — UK US /straɪf/ noun [U] ► disagreements between groups of people: »industrial/financial/political strife »boardroom/internal strife …   Financial and business terms

• strife — [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 …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• strife — 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… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• strife — noun (U) formal trouble between two people or groups; conflict 1: a time of political strife …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• strife — 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,… …   Thesaurus of popular words

• Political 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… …   Wikipedia

• strife — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ internal ▪ ethnic, factional, internecine, sectarian ▪ civil, industrial, labour/labor (esp. AmE) …   Collocations dictionary

• political 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,… …   Universalium

• political — adj. VERBS ▪ be ▪ become, get ▪ We have no intention of getting political. ADVERB ▪ highly, very …   Collocations dictionary

• Political 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… …   Wikipedia

• Political unions involving Sweden — Sweden has for political and dynastic reasons been in union with other kingdoms and princely states, ostensibly personal unions. Norway (I) and Terra Scania In 1319 the infant Magnus Eriksson was crowned as king of both Sweden and Norway. In 1332 …   Wikipedia