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faction (2)

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faction2 /ˈfakʃn /
noun [mass 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.