an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose

of or relating to or characteristic of a sect or sects

a faction or sect that has broken away from its parent organization

those who support varying degrees of social or political or economic change designed to promote the public welfare

those who support political or social or economic conservatism; those who believe that things are better left unchanged

a faction that is unwilling to accept new ideas

those who argue that the decision to have an induced abortion should be made by the mother