dissension
/dɪˈsɛnʃ(ə)n
/noun [mass noun]
Disagreement that leads to discord: these issues caused bitter dissension in the party [count noun]: the mill was the cause of a dissension in 1620...
- We know the media thrives on dissension, disagreement, conflict.
- The two tried to join forces, with Chiang as the head of the National Revolutionary Army, but dissension led to a civil war.
- It was a positive message to a church troubled, internationally and domestically, with dissension and discord.
Origin
Middle English: via Old French from Latin dissensio(n-), from the verb dissentire (see dissent).
Rhymes
- ladies' car
- ladies' carriage
- ladies' chain
- ladies' cloakroom
- ladies' college
- ladies' compartment
- ladies cushion
- ladies' cushion
- ladies' delight
- ladies' fair
- ladies' fingers
- ladies' gallery
- ladies' lounge
- ladies' man
- Ladies' Mile
- ladies' night
- ladies' room
- ladies' school
- ladies' seminary
- ladies' thimbles
- ladies thistle
- ladies' thistle
- ladies' tresses
- ladies' wear
- ladies who lunch