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Dissension

Dissension Meaning & Definition
Dissension Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Dissension?

[n] disagreement among those expected to cooperate
[n] a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters

Synonyms | Synonyms for Dissension: disagreement | discord | dissonance

Related Terms | Find terms related to Dissension: aggressiveness | agreement to disagree | alienation | altercation | antagonism | antipathy | apostasy | argument | argumentation | bad blood | bellicosity | belligerence | bickering | clashing | collision | combativeness | competition | conflict | contention | contentiousness | contradiction | contrariety | contrariness | controversy | counter-culture | cross-purposes | difference | disaccord | disaccordance | disagreement | disapprobation | disapproval | discord | discordance | discordancy | discrepancy | disharmony | disparity | dispute | dissatisfaction | dissent | dissentience | dissidence | dissonance | disunion | disunity | divergence | diversity | dropping out | enmity | faction | factiousness | flak | fractiousness | friction | hostility | inaccordance | inequality | infighting | inimicalness | irascibility | irritability | jarring | litigiousness | minority opinion | negation | negativeness | nonagreement | nonassent | nonconcurrence | nonconformity | nonconsent | noncooperation | obstinacy | opposition | oppugnancy | partisan spirit | partisanship | perverseness | pugnacity | quarrel | quarrelsomeness | recalcitrance | recusance | recusancy | refractoriness | rejection | repudiation | repugnance | rivalry | secession | shrewishness | strife | uncooperativeness | underground | unharmoniousness | variance | vying | withdrawal | wrangle

See Also | conflict | confrontation | disagreement | disunity | division | variance

Dissension In Webster's Dictionary

\Dis*sen"sion\, n. [L. dissensio: cf. F. dissension. See {Dissent}.] Disagreement in opinion, usually of a violent character, producing warm debates or angry words; contention in words; partisan and contentious divisions; breach of friendship and union; strife; discord; quarrel. Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them. --Acts xv. 2. Debates, dissension, uproars are thy joy. --Dryden. A seditious person and raiser-up of dissension among the people. --Robynson (More's Utopia).

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