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Danish
Etymology 1
Noun
faktion
- faction
1799, Nyt magazin for religionslærere, page 601:"Jeg fandt det, skriver han, af denne Aarsag fornødent i min første Prædiken at protestere imod alle menneskelige Partier og Faktioner, eller hvad som smagte af et sekterisk Væsen, ...- "For this reason I found, he writes, it to be necessary, in my first sermon, to object to all human parties and factions, or whatever tasted of a secterian nature, ...
1819, Det Skandinavske Litteraturselskabs Skrifter, page 39:Det Αnförte viser noksom, at baade Staten og Κirken paa den Τid maae have befundet sig i en hæftig Gjæring, der hidrörte ikke alene fra politiske Faktioner i Riget og Μisfornöielse med den nye Εrkebisp, men og fra Uordener der havde deres Grund i Landets aristokratiske Forfatning **), og i Hansens trykkende Ονermagt ***).- That which has been presented clearly shows that both the state and the church must, at that time, have been in intense turmoil, stemming not only from political factions in the realm and dissatisfaction with the new archbishop, but also from disorders that had their cause in the aristocratic constitution of the country **), and in the oppressive supremacy of the Hanseatic League ***).
- 1820, Abraham KALL (of Copenhagen.), Den almindelige Verdens-Historie til Brug for Skolerne ... Fierde Udgave besørget og fortsat af E. C. Werlauff, page 322
Under hans unge og, som Regenter, uduelige Sønner Franz II., Carl IX, og Henrich III., som den ene efter den anden besteeg Thronen, blev Frankerige ødelagt ved Hof-Faktioner og næsten uophørlige Borgerkrige, som førtes med en rasende Forbittrelse og umenneskelig Grusomhed.- Under his young and, as monarchs, incompetent sons Franz II, Carl IX and Henrich III, who, one after another, claimed the throne, France was destroyed in courtly factions and almost unending civil wars, waged with furious embitterment and inhuman brutality.
1864, De tre nordiske Rigers historie under Hans, Christian II, Frederik I, Gustav Vasa, Grevefeiden: 1497-1536, page 176:Han var derfor snart dansk, snart svensk, tilhørte snart en, snart en anden af de Faktioner, der deelte de svenske Herrer indbyrdes.- He was, therefore, soon Danish, soon Swedish, belonged this minute to one, the next to another of the factions that divided the Swedish lords.
Etymology 2
Blend of fakta + fiktion
Noun
faktion
- a blend of the fiction genre and the factual genre
2007, Gyld. Små Opslagsbøger. Sagprosaens Møns, Gyldendal Uddannelse, →ISBN, page 12:Grænsen mellem fiktion og fakta/sagprosa er blevet nedbrudt i de sidste tyve år, og der er opstået en ny storgenre, man kalder faktion, som placerer sig imellem de to storgenrer fiktion og sagprosa.- The boundary between fiction and fact has degraded through the last twenty years, and a new main genre called faction has arisen, which exists between the two main genres of fiction and non-fiction.
2005, Faktiske tekster, Academica, →ISBN, page 25:Jeg vil i det følgende bruge betegnelsen faktion som et overbegreb, der dækker alle former for medieprodukter, hvor blandingen af "fakta " og "fiktion " er interessant og problematisk, ...- In the following, I will use the term faction as a hypernym encompassing all media products in which the mixture of "fact" and "fiction" is interesting and problematic, ...
2017, Ole Hyltoft, Alle disse forhåbninger, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:Fjernsynet forvandler jo faktion til fiktion. Jeg gjorde i bogen det modsatte, lavede fiktion om til faktion.- Television, as we know, turns faction into fiction. In the book, I did the opposite, turned fiction into faction.
2010, Martin Jørgensen, Tæt på litteratur, Academica, →ISBN, page 116:Det er en form for faktion (blanding af fiktion og fakta), som medierne, især tv, er fyldt med.- It is a form of faction (mixture of fiction and fact), with which the media, especially TV, are filled.