splinter group

noun

: a group of people that has separated from a larger group (such as a political party)

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Carter grew up as the son of a deacon in the Southern Baptist Convention, a conservative denomination founded before the Civil War as a regional splinter group that supported slavery. Bill Barrow, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2025 When a Russian splinter group threaten World War 3, the men battle for control of the vessel. Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024 It’s based on real life events involving a (more) violent splinter group of the Aryan Nation in the Pacific Northwest. David Pierce, The Verge, 22 Dec. 2024 But the brunt of his rage focuses on Syria’s powerful Alawites, members of a Shiite splinter group to which the Assad family belongs. Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Dec. 2024 In real life, Mathews, a Mormon survivalist, had formed the splinter group The Order after splitting with the neo-Nazi Aryan Nation, disappointed the latter group wasn’t advancing its agenda quickly enough. Patrick Hipes, Deadline, 10 Dec. 2024 Aryan Nation founder Richard Butler (Victor Slezak) attempts, and fails, to defuse Bob Matthews (Nicholas Hoult), the charismatic young leader of an ultra-violent and extremely organized splinter group planning an armed white supremacist revolution. Mark Peikert, IndieWire, 7 Dec. 2024 One afternoon shortly after the vote, members of the splinter group gathered outside of San Francisco, hiking through the chaparrals of the San Bruno hills, and plotted what to do next. Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, 19 Oct. 2024 Yet the next year Russell and Kendall formed a splinter group called Jack Russell’s Great White that began touring clubs around the country. Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2024

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“Splinter group.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/splinter%20group. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.

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