splinter group

A part of an organization that breaks away from the main body, usually owing to disagreement. For example, Perot's supporters at first constituted a splinter group but soon formed a third political party . This idiom alludes to the noun splinter, a fragment of wood or some other material that is split or broken off. [Mid-1900s]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Lina (2)	-	English, Italian, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Lithuanian, Croatian
'Uriy'el	-	Biblical Hebrew
RÁIchÉAl	-	Irish
Oleksandr	-	Ukrainian
Norah	['nɔ:rə]
Ekkehard	E-ke-hahrt (German)	German, Ancient Germanic