dissension

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Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
13
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/dɪˈsɛnʃən/

Definition of dissension

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)An act of expressing dissent, especially spoken.
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)An act of expressing dissent, especially spoken.
  2. (countable, uncountable)Strong disagreement; a contention or quarrel; discord.
    “[…]wherby at the last shuld have sourded discention amonge the people, they beinge seperately enclined towarde theyr naturall souerayne lorde[…]”
    “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.”
    “In Biblical times the resort to chance was an agreed-upon way of making many decisions because it ended dissension among opposing, often powerful, parties.”

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Etymology

Inherited from Middle English dissencioun, from Middle French dissention, discention, from Old French dissension, from Latin dissensio.

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