Division
Division noun - A lack of agreement or harmony.
Usage example: that church has been racked by division for some time now, and a split into two denominations seems unavoidable
Dissension is a synonym for division in alienation topic. In some cases you can use "Dissension" instead a noun "Division", when it comes to topics like breach, disunity.
Dissension
Dissension noun - A lack of agreement or harmony.
Usage example: religious dissension threatened to split the colony
Division is a synonym for dissension in alienation topic. You can use "Division" instead a noun "Dissension".
Nearby Word: dissent
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- conflict and division
- conflict and dissension
- break and division
- break and dissension
- variance and division
- variance and dissension
- feud and division
- feud and dissension
- disagreement and division
- disagreement and dissension
- alienation and division
- alienation and dissension
- difference and division
- difference and dissension
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