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Synonyms for dissension
dɪˈsɛn ʃən
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Princeton's WordNet
discord, dissension(noun)
disagreement among those expected to cooperate
Synonyms:
discord, dissonance, disagreement, discordance, strifedisagreement, dissension, dissonance(noun)
a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters
Synonyms:
discrepancy, noise, racket, dissonance, discord, variance, disagreement, divergence
English Synonyms and Antonyms
dissension
A feud is enmity between families, clans, or parties, with acts of hostility mutually retaliated and avenged; feud is rarely used of individuals, never of nations. While all the other words of the group may refer to that which is transient, a feud is long-enduring, and often hereditary. Dissension is used of a number of persons, of a party or other organization. Bitterness is in feeling only; enmity and hostility involve will and purpose to oppose or injure. A quarrel is in word or act, or both, and is commonly slight and transient, as we speak of childish quarrels; contention and strife may be in word or deed; contest ordinarily involves some form of action. Contest is often used in a good sense, contention and strife very rarely so. Controversy is commonly in words; strife extends from verbal controversy to the contests of armies. Affray, brawl, and broil, like quarrel, are words of inferior dignity. An affray or broil may arise at a street corner; the affray always involves physical force; the brawl or broil may be confined to violent language.
Synonyms:
affray, animosity, bitterness, brawl, broil, contention, contest, controversy, dispute, enmity, feud, fray, hostility, quarrel, strife
Dictionary of English Synonymes
dissension(n.)
Synonyms:
discord, contention, strife, variance, disagreement, difference, quarrel, breach of friendship
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#3061 | noise | |
#3575 | contest | |
#5676 | dispute | |
#9225 | variance | |
#9858 | controversy | |
#17032 | contention | |
#17195 | dissent | |
#18900 | disagreement | |
#21656 | discrepancy | |
#21810 | hostility | |
#23258 | divergence | |
#24177 | strife | |
#26322 | racket | |
#27707 | fray | |
#29904 | bitterness | |
#32721 | feud | |
#36034 | quarrel | |
#36679 | brawl | |
#40467 | broil | |
#42082 | discord | |
#44876 | dissonance | |
#47035 | sedition | |
#48768 | animosity | |
#50674 | enmity | |
#78005 | dissension | |
#104939 | disunity | |
#132263 | discordance | |
#209376 | affray |
How to use dissension in a sentence?
Today’s indictment is a result of the hard work of America’s law enforcement and intelligence officials who dedicate their lives to bringing to justice those who wish to do us harm, these revelations add to a body of evidence confirming an extensive plot by Vladimir Putin’s government to attack the 2016 election, sow chaos and dissension among the American electorate, and undermine faith in our democracy.
In order for the wheel to turn, for life to be lived, impurities are needed, and the impurities of impurities in the soil, too, as is known, if it is to be fertile. Dissension, diversity, the grain of salt and mustard are needed: Fascism does not want them, forbids them, and that's why you're not a Fascist; it wants everybody to be the same, and you are not. But immaculate virtue does not exist either, or if it exists it is detestable.
A time will come when a politician who has wilfully made war and promoted international dissension will be as sure of the dock and much surer of the noose than a private homicide. It is not reasonable that those who gamble with mens lives should not stake their own.
In case of dissension, never dare to judge till you've heard the other side.
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