dissension

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The outcome of all this dissension is the belief of many cultured men that religion and science are contradictory terms, that religion needs no powers of reflection, and should in no wise be regulated by science, but must of necessity be opposed, the one to the other.

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  1. noun Difference of opinion; disagreement. See Synonyms at discord.

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  • But any attempt to sow dissension, as Devadatta had done, was anathema. —  Buddha
  • I foresee that one of the first results which will follow such an attempt here will be discontent; then will speedily follow dissension, and, finally, anarchy; and I look forward to that condition of things with the utmost dread. —  Overdue The Story of a Missing Ship
  • Dissatisfaction bred dissension, and dissension broke speedily into civil war. —  The Governments of Europe
  • But it was handicapped all the while by internal dissension, and the defeat which it suffered at the last elections has relegated it, at least for the time being, to a subordinate place. —  The Governments of Europe
  • Another committee was appointed to investigate the cause of dissension, and if possible to suggest a modus vivendi_. —  London and the Kingdom - Volume II
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  1. Middle English dissencioun, from Old French dissension, from Latin dissēnsiō, dissēnsiōn-, from dissēnsus, past participle of dissentīre, to dissent; see dissent.

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  1. Formerly also dissention; from Middle English dissencion, dissenciun, -cioun, from Old French dissension, dissencion, French dissension = Provencal dissencio, dissention = Spanish disension = Portuguese dissensão = Italian dissensione, from Latin dissensio(n-), disagreement, dissension, from dissentire, past participle dissensus, differ in opinion: see dissent, v.
 

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