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US
/dɪˈsɛnʃən/
]
[ UK /dɪsˈɛnʃən/ ]
[ UK /dɪsˈɛnʃən/ ]
NOUN
- a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters
- disagreement among those expected to cooperate
How To Use dissension In A Sentence
- The source of the trouble lies to the north, where it spews its venom throughout the Great Kingdom, breeding dissension as rotten meat breeds maggots.
- Amazingly though, their words and thoughts usually lead to yet more dissension, anger and violence.
- He was wise and sagacious, but prone to dissension and his spirit was that of calmness under fire.
- From that time until the pair are forever united at the altar, it grows, and with marriage it begins to bring forth the unpeaceable fruits of endless dissensions. The Secret of a Happy Home (1896)
- Tonight you will," Raul said, leaving no room for dissension. THE GREAT AND SECRET SHOW
- The two tried to join forces, with Chiang as the head of the National Revolutionary Army, but dissension led to a civil war.
- With the imperial household out of the way, the Senate enfeebled by dissension and apathy, the civil service terror-stricken, and the military under flabby command, the throne seemed well within Faustinus's grasp.
- [37] Group government [polyarchy] most frequently breeds dissension. The Political Ideas of St. Thomas Aquinas
- We know the media thrives on dissension, disagreement, conflict.
- We can pray that he may be ultimately successful in allaying all storms, and in destroying all causes for dissension and bitterness. The British Monarchy