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Bloomsbury Group
an inner circle of writers and artists and philosophers who lived in or around Bloomsbury early in the 20th century and were noted for their unconventional lifestyles
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bohemia
a group of artists and writers with real or pretended artistic or intellectual aspirations and usually an unconventional life style
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brain trust, kitchen cabinet
an inner circle of unofficial advisors to the head of a government
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loop
an inner circle of advisors (especially under President Reagan)
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cabal, camarilla, faction, junto
a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue
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junta, military junta
a group of military officers who rule a country after seizing power
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maffia, mafia
any tightly knit group of trusted associates
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faction, sect
a dissenting clique
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galere, rogue's gallery
a coterie of undesirable people
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hard core
the most dedicated and intensely loyal nucleus of a group or movement
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splinter group
a faction or sect that has broken away from its parent organization
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left, left wing
those who support varying degrees of social or political or economic change designed to promote the public welfare
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right, right wing
those who support political or social or economic conservatism; those who believe that things are better left unchanged
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old guard
a faction that is unwilling to accept new ideas
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pro-choice faction
those who argue that the decision to have an induced abortion should be made by the mother
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pro-life faction
those who argue that induced abortion is killing and should be prohibited
