Synonyms for Dissension

Synonyms for "dissension" (122 found)

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Closest matches (25)

Noun(3 words)

aggressivenessagreement to disagreealienation altercation antagonism antipathy apostasy argument argumentationbad bloodbellicosity belligerence bickering breach clashing collision combativeness competition conflict contention

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contentiousness contradiction

Strong matches (36)

contrariety contrariness controversycounter culturecounter-culturecross purposescross-purposes difference disabuse disaccord disaccordance disagreement disapprobation disapproval discord discordance discordancy discrepancy disharmony disparity

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dispute dissatisfaction dissent dissentience dissidence dissonance disunion disunity divergence diversitydropping outenmity

Noun(4 words)

discords dissonance disunity division

Related words (61)

faction factiousness feud fight flak fractiousness fray friction hostility inaccordance inequality infighting inimicalness irascibility irritability jarring lawlessness litigiousnessminority opinionmischief

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Noun(3 words)

factionalism split strife

Adjective(2 words)

political discordpolitical disunity

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4 relation types

More general

3 entries

conflict disagreement division

More specific

4 entries

factionalisminternal strifeschism sectarianism

Collocations

6 entries

ethnic dissensionfactional dissensioninternal dissensionpolitical dissensionregional dissensionsocial dissension

Inflections

1 entries

dissensions

Sample sentences

5 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

On the religious side, the decision caused serious dissension among followers.

Source: tatoeba (266313)

They had never been very seriously cliqued up, but what there was of dissension was forgotten, and they were now one solid crowd.

Source: tatoeba (11942332)

[…]wherby at the last shuld have sourded discention amonge the people, they beinge seperately enclined towarde theyr naturall souerayne lorde[…]

Source: wiktionary

The natural scenery of America has often been contrasted, in its general features as well as in detail, with the landscape of the Old World—more especially of Europe—and not deeper has been the enthusiasm, than wide the dissension, of the supporters of each region.

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Dissension