faction (2)EnglishOxford New American Dictionaryfaction2 /ˈfakSH(ə)n, ˈfækʃ(ə)n / ▸ noun a literary and cinematic genre in which real events are used as a basis for a fictional narrative or dramatization: the current vogue for faction seems about to overwhelm narrative history. – ORIGIN 1960s : blend of fact and fiction.