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Meanings of dissension in English

Portuguese
discordância
Catalan
desacord

A conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters.

      discordância
      Portuguese
      discórdia
      Catalan
      dissensió

      Lack of concord or harmony between persons or things.

            discórdia
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            Examples for "discord"
            Examples for "discord"
            1
            This first great discord of the American century informs all his work.
            The Guardian
            2
            Humanity was a hopeless discord; individual security lay only in individual strength.
            A Midsummer Drive Through the Pyrenees
            3
            The fires of discord are burning in every city north and south.
            Wired
            4
            Government insiders tell of growing discord in and around the Bolsonaro administration.
            Independent.ie
            5
            The discord experienced specifically in Gauteng has led to vicious political infighting.
            The South African
            1
            Of course, public dissidence is the last thing iron-fist-ruling Beijing wants to see.
            News.com.au
            2
            Its effectiveness was limited by the extreme dissidence of its members.
            The guns of august
            3
            Gauging the extent of dissidence among Afrikaans-speaking whites is difficult.
            The South African
            4
            You have some dream, I suspect, of a dramatic dissidence.
            The Soul of a Bishop
            5
            In university English departments, his writing is solemnly analysed for its prescient sexual dissidence.
            The Guardian
            Usage of dissension in English
            1
            Let them sow dissension in some community less united than is ours.
            Rising tide: the great mississippi flood of 1927 and how it chan...
            2
            But the fruit of Indulgence was debate, dissension, distraction, division, and decimation.
            Sketches of the Covenanters
            3
            The castle of Mazzini was still the scene of dissension and misery.
            A Sicilian Romance
            4
            He had been sowing dissension in the camp from an early period.
            Successful Exploration Through the Interior of Australia / From ...
            5
            Eugene Field expressed Republican exultation at the dissension in the enemy's ranks:
            The United States Since the Civil War
            6
            The coming of Diane Sampson had been the entering wedge of dissension.
            The Rustlers of Pecos County
            7
            Nevertheless, dissension does occasionally arise in the heart of this close-knit brotherhood.
            Modern Saints and Seers
            8
            Again new agitation, fear, and dissension broke out in the Grecian navy.
            Athens: Its Rise and Fall, Book III
            9
            I never thought there could be such dissension in our united family.
            The Professional Aunt
            10
            Now by the life of God this mutiny and dissension must cease.
            Days of the Discoverers
            11
            In Ireland there is no religious dissension, but there is religious insincerity.
            Principles of Freedom
            12
            The settlement practically was broken up, the people scattering, though without dissension.
            Mormon Settlement in Arizona / A Record of Peaceful Conquest of ...
            13
            And there arose a dissension so that they departed one from another.
            The Bible, Douay-Rheims, New Testament
            14
            As will be remembered, there was dissension then among the Republican leaders.
            Lincoln's Yarns and Stories / A Complete Collection of the Funny...
            15
            She found Victoria Woodhull with them, her presence provoking criticism and dissension.
            Susan B. Anthony / Rebel, Crusader, Humanitarian
            16
            It may too, by negligence, become a provoker of dissension and enmity.
            The Young Maiden
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