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splinter group
noun
A group of members of a political party or of a similar organisation who have decided to create their own organisation.
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The splinter group soon renamed itself Hezbollah.
The Real IRA splinter group claims responsibility.
Splinter group voted to join the Seneca Association.
This was a splinter group from the Officials.
A different splinter group, the Continuity I.R.A., claimed responsibility.
Late last year, a splinter group left the A.N.C.
"Taliban splinter group Jamaat-ul-Ahrar forms in northwestern Pakistan". Long War Journal.
The splinter group has evolved rounder wings and narrower, longer beaks than their southward-flying brethren.
The leader of the splinter group, Hussein Musavi, denied any involvement in either attack last week.
In 1955, upon the reincorporation of a short-lived splinter group, it was renamed the HFPA.
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It emerged as a splinter-group of hacking collective Anonymous in 2011.
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