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FRACTIONALISM
Definition of FRACTIONALISM
noun
The division of a political party into groups that may have differing ideologies.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From fractional + -ism.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, FRACTION · 14 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FRACTIONALISM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 175, 11 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 175, 11 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FRACTIONALISM starts with F and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read AACFIILMNORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and I appear more than once.
Words that start FRACTIONA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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