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A cabal is a number of people united in some close design, usually to
promote their private views and interests in a church, state, or other
community by intrigue. Cabals are sometimes secret organizations composed
of a few designing persons, and at other times are manifestations of
emergent behavior in society or governance on the part of a community of
persons who have well established public affiliation or kinship. The term
can also be used to refer to the designs of such persons or to the
practical consequences of their emergent behavior, and also holds a general
meaning of intrigue and conspiracy. Its usage carries strong connotations
of shadowy corners, back rooms and insidious influence; a cabal is more
evil and selective than, say, a faction, which is simply selfish. Because
of this negative connotation, few organizations use the term to refer to
themselves or their internal subdivisions. Among the exceptions is
Discordianism, in which the term is
