a time of political strifestrifestrife /straɪf/ noun [uncountable] formal 
a time of political strife
WORD ORIGINstrife
Origin:
1100-1200 Old French estrif, probably from estriver; ➔ STRIVEEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- eight years of ethnic strife
- All current affairs in the whole world of lamentable war and strife needed to be weighed in this balance.
- If pushed too hard at this critical moment he could impose emergency rule and provoke far greater strife.
- Its people are overburdened by religious riot, ethnic strife, corruption and the absence of social infrastructure.
- Meanwhile, political and ethnic strife in Bosnia have steadily mounted in the run-up to nationwide elections there on September 14.
- The Rockefeller episode vividly demonstrates the Republican appetite for strife.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY a time of political strifeCOLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
trouble between two or more people or groups SYN conflictethnic/religious/civil etc strife a time of political strife (=civil unrest)· Troops have been called in to deal with civil disturbances.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· Ethically, it is impossible to redistribute income intentionally in a developing country to see if civil strife erupts.· After a week of civil strife, Jerusalem itself was captured by the rebels.· For a considerable part of the intervening period there was recurrent civil strife between magnate and dynastic factions.· They blamed the republic's nationalistic coalition government for the slide into civil strife.· But there were present all the ingredients of stasis, civil strife.· His final model of civil strife is depicted in Figure 5.1.
· Meanwhile, political and ethnic strife in Bosnia have steadily mounted in the run-up to nationwide elections there on September 14.· Its people are overburdened by religious riot, ethnic strife, corruption and the absence of social infrastructure.
· Class consciousness must be encouraged through industrial strife.· It has also been depicted in its formative period of development as the site of bitter industrial strife.
· We had all the usual internal strife, including leadership problems, and the difficulties of working with volunteers.· The Bush administration was also remarkably free of internal strife, at least until its reelection effort faltered.
· Economic development since independence was severely handicapped by sabotage and political strife.· Meanwhile, political and ethnic strife in Bosnia have steadily mounted in the run-up to nationwide elections there on September 14.
VERB· They were not torn by the strife and dissension produced by sectarianism seen in so many other places at that time.
a time of political strife