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splinter group
(redirected from splinter parties)

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splinter group
a number of members of an organization, political party, etc., who split from the main body and form an independent association, usually as the result of dissension


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Without it, splinter parties would flourish and no candidate would be likely to get a majority.
It has lots of different people with different ideals, and by trying to work within that you're so much better off than going into these splinter parties.
Cuauhtemoc Cardenas's candidacy, along with the opposition of a number of splinter parties, maverick politicians, and intellectuals, provides a steady chorus of condemnation over the price Salinas is willing to pay to join NAFTA.
 
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