Meaning of DISSENSION
| Pronunciation: | | di'senshun
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- [n] disagreement among those expected to cooperate
- [n] a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters
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| | Synonyms: | | disagreement, discord, dissonance |
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| | Antonyms: | | accord, agreement | | |
| | See Also: | | conflict, confrontation, disagreement, disunity, division, variance | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Dis*sen"sion\, n. [L. dissensio: cf. F. dissension.
See {Dissent}.]
Disagreement in opinion, usually of a violent character,
producing warm debates or angry words; contention in words;
partisan and contentious divisions; breach of friendship and
union; strife; discord; quarrel.
Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and
disputation with them. --Acts xv. 2.
Debates, dissension, uproars are thy joy. --Dryden.
A seditious person and raiser-up of dissension among
the people. --Robynson
(More's
Utopia).
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