dissension

noun
/dɪˈsɛnʃən/

Etymology

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

  1. derived from dissensio
  2. derived from dissension
  3. derived from dissention
  4. inherited from dissencioun

Definitions

  1. An act of expressing dissent, especially spoken.

  2. Strong disagreement

    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[…]
    • 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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for dissension. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA