dissension

English

Etymology

From Old French dissension, from Latin dissensio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈsɛnʃən/
• Hyphenation: dis‧sen‧sion

Noun

dissension (countable and uncountable, plural dissensions)

1. An act of expressing dissent, especially spoken.
2. Strong disagreement; a contention or quarrel; discord.
   • 1843, E. A. Poe, Morning on the Wissahiccon

     The natural scenery of America has often been contrasted, in its general features as well as in detail, with the landscape of the Old World—more especially of Europe—and not deeper has been the enthusiasm, than wide the dissension, of the supporters of each region.

Translations

an act of expressing dissent, especially spoken

• Bulgarian: разногласие (bg) n (raznoglasie), раздор (bg) m (razdor)
• Galician: disensión f
• Greek:

  Ancient: διχοστασία f (dikhostasía)

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• Latin: dissensiō f
• Romanian: disensiune (ro) f

strong disagreement; a contention or quarrel; discord

• Bulgarian: препирня (bg) f (prepirnja)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 意见不同，争执

• Latin: dissensus m
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• Maori: waitete
• Romanian: disensiune (ro) f
• Russian: разла́д (ru) m (razlád)

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• French: ^{(please verify)} dissension (fr) f
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French

Noun

dissension f (plural dissensions)

1. dissension

Further reading

• “dissension”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• dessinions