Noun
splinter group (plural splinter groups)
A group of members of a political party or of a similar organisation who have decided to create their own organisation.
Splinter groups in the centre Left or centre Right are often a shot in the arm for the Far Right or the Communist Party.
A splinter group for Finnish speaking people, Suomen parapsykologinen tutkimusseura (Parapsychological research society of Finland), still exists today. Source: Internet
According to Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) — both of which track hate groups in the Pacific Northwest — the Patriot Front is a splinter group from a larger neo-Nazi organization known as Vanguard America. Source: Internet
In 2005 Mahmadruzi Iskandarov, head of the Democratic Party, received a long prison term for terrorism after being abducted from exile, and in 2006 his party was replaced on the official list by a government-backed splinter group, Vatan. Source: Internet
In 1959, an internal split was precipitated by Albert Kalonji and other MNC leaders who favoured a more moderate political stance (the splinter group was deemed Mouvement National Congolais-Kalonji ). Source: Internet
A year after Islamic State declared a caliphate on territory seized in Iraq and Syria, the al Qaeda splinter group faces pressure from a U.S.-led coalition but remains a potent force. Source: Internet
Wankel, who sympathized with the social-revolutionary wing of the NSDAP among Gregor Strasser anyway, then founded his own National Socialist splinter group in Lahr and continued his attacks on Wagner. Source: Internet