disagreement, esp when leading to a quarrel
Also spelt: dissention
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
dis•sen•sion /dɪˈsɛnʃən/USA pronunciation
n. [uncountable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- strong disagreement;
discord:a lot of dissension in the ranks of the ordinary soldiers.
dis•sen•sion
(di sen′shən),USA pronunciation n.
- strong disagreement;
a contention or quarrel;
discord. - difference in sentiment or opinion;
disagreement.
- Latin dissēnsiōn- (stem of dissēnsiō), equivalent. to dissēns(us) (past participle of dissentīre; dissent- (see dissent) + -tus past participle suffix) + -iōn- -ion
- Anglo-French
- Middle English dissenciun, dissensio(u)n 1300–50
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged strife. See quarrel 1.
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'dissension' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Mr. Nice Guy
- air
- breach
- contention
- disagreement
- distance
- distract
- distraction
- disunion
- disunity
- division
- divisive
- faction
- fraction
- friction
- heresy
- hot spot
- misunderstanding
- noxious
- peace
- peaceable
- provocateur
- quarrel
- shadow
- sow
- splinter group
- variance