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单词 dissensions
释义

dissension

noun

dis·​sen·​sion di-ˈsen(t)-shən How to pronounce dissension (audio)
variants or less commonly dissention
: disagreement
especially : partisan and contentious quarreling
causing dissension within the police department
a colony threatened by religious dissension

Synonyms

  • conflict
  • disaccord
  • discord
  • discordance
  • discordancy
  • disharmony
  • dissent
  • dissidence
  • dissonance
  • disunion
  • disunity
  • division
  • friction
  • infighting
  • inharmony
  • schism
  • strife
  • variance
  • war
  • warfare
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Example Sentences

The incident has caused a lot of dissension within the police department. Religious dissension threatened to split the colony.
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Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from Anglo-French discension, from Latin dissension-, dissensio, from dissentire — see dissent entry 1

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

dissension

noun

dis·​sen·​sion di-ˈsen-shən How to pronounce dissension (audio)
: difference in opinion

dissensions

noun

variants also dissentions
plural of dissension
1
as in discords
a lack of agreement or harmony religious dissension threatened to split the colony

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • discords
  • strifes
  • conflicts
  • wars
  • dissents
  • schisms
  • divisions
  • discordances
  • warfares
  • disputes
  • clashes
  • frictions
  • dissonances
  • disharmonies
  • variances
  • disunities
  • arguments
  • contentions
  • discordancies
  • quarrels
  • disagreements
  • hostilities
  • inharmonies
  • debates
  • animosities
  • squabbles
  • disunions
  • dissidences
  • disaccords
  • antagonisms
  • enmities
  • fissures
  • altercations
  • collisions
  • infightings
  • antipathies
  • bickers
  • fights
  • incongruities
  • inconsistencies
  • divides
  • wrangles
  • competitions
  • inconsistences
  • incompatibilities
  • brawls
  • tiffs
  • spats
  • incongruences
  • rancors
  • miffs
  • fallings-out
  • hassles
  • mix-ups
  • rows
  • scraps
  • jars
  • cold wars
  • run-ins
  • falling-outs
  • inconsonances
  • ill wills

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • agreements
  • harmonies
  • accords
  • concurrences
  • concordances
  • concords
  • peaces
  • cooperations
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2
as in disputations
variance of opinion on a matter continued dissension among historians on the exact spot of Columbus's first landing

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • disputations
  • disputes
  • disagreements
  • controversies
  • differences
  • debates
  • contentions
  • difficulties
  • contestations
  • discords
  • firestorms
  • misunderstandings
  • conflictions
  • nonconcurrences
  • strifes
  • conflicts
  • dissonances
  • quarrels
  • dissensuses
  • clashes
  • arguments
  • collisions
  • altercations
  • divisions
  • struggles
  • bickers
  • combats
  • disaccords
  • fights
  • divarications
  • fallings-out
  • kickups
  • falling-outs
  • set-tos

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • agreements
  • harmonies
  • consensuses
  • compliances
  • accords
  • unanimities
  • acceptances
  • concords
  • peaces
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