Helen's forum experienced an irreconcilable schism over whether to use one or two oven mitts.
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Schism
//ˈskɪzəm//
Synonyms for "schism" (74 found)
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Closest matches (15)
Strong matches (22)
Related words (37)
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2 entriesderived
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2 entriesis a
2 entriesrelated to
9 entriesTranslations
80 translations across 30 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- σχίσμα noun (split, division, separation, discord)
- σχίσμα noun (division within a religious body)
Belarusian
4 entries- раздзел цэркваў noun (split within Christianity)
- раскол noun (split, division, separation, discord)
- раскол noun (split within Christianity)
- схізма noun (split within Christianity)
Bulgarian
3 entries- схизма noun (split, division, separation, discord)
- схизма noun (division within a religious body)
- схизма noun (split within Christianity)
Dutch
1 entries- schisma noun (split, division, separation, discord)
Esperanto
1 entries- skismo noun (split, division, separation, discord)
Finnish
1 entries- skisma noun (split, division, separation, discord)
French
3 entries- schisme noun (split, division, separation, discord)
- schisme noun (division within a religious body)
- schisme noun (split within Christianity)
German
4 entries- Schisma noun (split, division, separation, discord)
- Schisma noun (division within a religious body)
- Schisma noun (split within Christianity)
- Spaltung noun (split, division, separation, discord)
Greek
3 entries- σχίσμα noun (split, division, separation, discord)
- σχίσμα noun (division within a religious body)
- σχίσμα noun (split within Christianity)
Hebrew
2 entries- פילוג noun (split, division, separation, discord)
- פיצול noun (split, division, separation, discord)
Hindi
1 entries- दरार noun (split, division, separation, discord)
Hungarian
3 entries- egyházszakadás noun (split within Christianity)
- hitszakadás noun (division within a religious body)
- szkizma noun (split, division, separation, discord)
Italian
3 entries- scisma noun (split, division, separation, discord)
- scisma noun (division within a religious body)
- scisma noun (split within Christianity)
Japanese
2 entries- シスマ noun (division within a religious body)
- シスマ noun (split within Christianity)
Macedonian
4 entries- ра́скол noun (split, division, separation, discord)
- ра́скол noun (division within a religious body)
- ра́скол noun (split within Christianity)
- ши́зма noun (division within a religious body)
Middle English
1 entries- scisme noun (division within a religious body)
Māori
1 entries- tauwehe noun (split, division, separation, discord)
Occitan
4 entries- cisma noun (split, division, separation, discord)
- cisma noun (division within a religious body)
- cisma noun (split within Christianity)
- esquisma noun (split, division, separation, discord)
Polish
3 entries- schizma noun (split, division, separation, discord)
- schizma noun (division within a religious body)
- schizma noun (split within Christianity)
Portuguese
4 entries- cisma noun (division within a religious body)
- cisma noun (split within Christianity)
- cisão noun (split, division, separation, discord)
- desmembramento noun (split, division, separation, discord)
Romanian
3 entries- schismă noun (split, division, separation, discord)
- schismă noun (division within a religious body)
- schismă noun (split within Christianity)
Russian
3 entries- раско́л noun (split, division, separation, discord)
- схи́зма noun (division within a religious body)
- схи́зма noun (split within Christianity)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- раскол noun (split, division, separation, discord)
- раскол noun (division within a religious body)
- раскол noun (split within Christianity)
Slovak
2 entries- rozkol noun (split, division, separation, discord)
- schizma noun (split, division, separation, discord)
Spanish
3 entries- cisma noun (split, division, separation, discord)
- cisma noun (division within a religious body)
- cisma noun (split within Christianity)
Swedish
2 entries- schism noun (split, division, separation, discord)
- splittring noun (split, division, separation, discord)
Tagalog
2 entries- sisma noun (split, division, separation, discord)
- sisma noun (split within Christianity)
Turkish
1 entries- hizip noun (split, division, separation, discord)
Ukrainian
4 entries- розко́л noun (split, division, separation, discord)
- розко́л noun (division within a religious body)
- розко́л noun (split within Christianity)
- схи́зма noun (division within a religious body)
Vietnamese
2 entries- mâu thuẫn noun (split, division, separation, discord)
- xích mích noun (split, division, separation, discord)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
The community underwent a schism.
Source: tatoeba (10709488)
It is the 8th of June of 2013. There have been repeated attempts at reforming Esperanto throughout its history. It began with the Ido schism in 1907. But all attempts have failed because they steered away from the nearly perfect artistic balance of the original. The original really has balance. So, Esperanto lives on despite that there exist what reform-minded people would think are imperfections. Almost everyone prefers the genuine Esperanto.
Source: tatoeba (10718901)
Amid speculation that the party is headed for a schism, participants at the meeting resolved to maintain the party's unity and integrity.
Source: tatoeba (12111959)
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