civil war

war between different factions of the same nation

For other uses, see civil war (disambiguation). See list of civil wars for individual examples. A civil war is a war in which parties within the same culture, society or nationality fight against each other for the control of political power. Some civil wars are categorized as revolutions when major societal restructuring is a possible outcome of the conflict. An insurgency, whether successful or not, is likely to be classified as a civil war by some historians if, and only if, organized armies fight conventional battles. Other historians state the criterion for a civil war is that there must be prolonged violence between organized factions or defined regions of a country (conventionally fought or not).
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A civil war is a conflict within a given society or nation.Civil war may also refer to:A particular civil war:List of civil wars, a comprehensive list of such conflicts.American Civil War (1861-1865); "The Civil War" in U.S. usage ordinarily means this war (see Naming the American Civil War)Afghan Civil War (1978–present)English Civil War (1642–1651)El Salvador Civil War (1980-1992)Chinese Civil War (1927–1950, declared over in 1991)Finnish Civil War (1918)Iraqi Civil War (1974–present)Irish Civil War  (1922–23)Lebanese Civil War (1975-1990)Nepalese Civil War (1996-2006)Pakistani Civil War (1971)Rwandan Civil War (1990-1993)Russian Civil War (1918–1922)Scotland in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms (1644–1650)Sierra Leone Civil War (1991–2000)Spanish Civil War (1936–1939)Sri Lankan Civil War (1983–present)Bellum civile (Latin for "Civil War"), used for:The Commentarii de Bello Civili (Caesar's Commentaries on the Civil War) [1].Another title for "Pharsalia", a poem by Lucan.
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Noun
1. a war between factions in the same country
(hypernym) war, warfare
(hyponym) American Civil War, United States Civil War, War between the States