breakaway group

Definitions

A faction that separates from a larger organization, political party, or movement to pursue its own goals.

A smaller group that has split off from a parent entity to form an independent or competing body.

Examples

The breakaway group announced their intention to form a new political party after disagreements with the party leadership.

A small breakaway group of researchers left the main laboratory to pursue their own independent study on renewable energy.

Tensions rose within the organization when a breakaway group began holding separate meetings to discuss their own agenda.

Synonyms

faction splinter group dissident group offshoot secessionist group schismatic group rebel group

Antonyms

loyalists mainstream establishment unified body parent organization coalition conformists