factionalize['fækʃənəlaiz]vt.1.■[美国英语]使闹派性;使分成对立派,使成小集团;使分裂成派别,使分成宗派:The Southern Democrats were factionalized into two groups: conservatives and liberals.南方民主党分裂成为两派:保守派和自由派。变形vt.factionalizedfactionalizing