Synonyms for strife
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1. strifenoun

   Synonyms:
   conflict, contention, discord

2. strifenoun

   Violent conflict, usually brief or limited in nature.

   Synonyms:
   discord, contention, conflict

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1. strife

   Conflict is a general word which describes opponents, whether individuals or hosts, as dashed together. One continuous conflict between entire armies is a battle. Another battle may be fought upon the same field after a considerable interval; or a new battle may follow immediately, the armies meeting upon a new field. An action is brief and partial; a battle may last for days. Engagement is a somewhat formal expression for battle; as, it was the commander's purpose to avoid a general engagement. A protracted war, including many battles, may be a stubborn contest. Combat, originally a hostile encounter between individuals, is now used also for extensive engagements. A skirmish is between small detachments or scattered troops. An encounter may be either purposed or accidental, between individuals or armed forces. Fight is a word of less dignity than battle; we should not ordinarily speak of Waterloo as a fight, unless where the word is used in the sense of fighting; as, I was in the thick of the fight.

   Synonyms:
   action, affair, battle, bout, combat, conflict, contest, encounter, engagement, fight, passage of arms, skirmish

   Antonyms:
   armistice, concord, peace, suspension of hostilities, truce

   Preposition:
   A battle of giants; battle between armies; a battle for life, against invaders; a battle to the death; the battle of (more rarely at) Marathon.

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1. strife

   Synonyms:
   struggle, contention, contest, animosity, quarrel, wrangle, disagreement, discord, bickering, emulation

   Antonyms:
   good will, peace, amity, friendliness

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1. discord, strifenoun

   lack of agreement or harmony

   Synonyms:
   discord, dissension, discordance

2. strifenoun

   bitter conflict; heated often violent dissension

   Synonyms:
   discord

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1. • Conflict
   • Disorder

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1. strifenoun

   Synonyms:
   contention, contest, conflict, struggle, quarrel

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1. strifenoun

   Synonyms:
   conflict, struggle, contention, emulation, competition, battle

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1. List of paraphrases for "strife":

   sedition, conflict, unrest, disorder, struggle, infighting, dissension, discord, turmoil, fighting, dispute, war, fight

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1. Sunni Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi:

   The verdict is unjust, political and illegitimate and I will not acknowledge it, to my dear people, I say, make sure that al-Maliki and those who stand behind him don't get what he wishes. Because they want sectarian strife.

2. Sunni Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi:

   To my dear people, I say, make sure that al-Maliki and those who stand behind him don't get what he wishes. Because they want sectarian strife.

3. Ulysses S. Grant:

   The effects of the late civil strife have been to free the slave and make him a citizen. Yet he is not possessed of the civil rights which citizenship should carry with it. This is wrong, and should be corrected.

4. Jesse Eisenberg:

   What the play does discuss is kind of generational strife. My character is third generation American and I think he feels the kind of laziness of assimilation, kunal's character is a new immigrant from Nepal and struggling to make it in an exclusive world of ... privilege that he is not a part of. The play discusses those themes and how my character, in a way, has lost his meaning because he doesn't have to struggle.

5. Attorney General:

   We live in a time of racial division and strife not seen since the 1960s struggle for civil rights -- and we've watched as the Republican Party enabled a race-baiting president for the last four years -- so we need an Attorney General who can speak to the moment at hand.