'Dissension' definitions:
Definition of 'dissension'
(from WordNet)
noun
Disagreement among those expected to cooperate [syn: discord, dissension]
noun
A conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters [syn: disagreement, dissension, dissonance] [ant: accord, agreement]
Definition of 'Dissension'
From: GCIDE
- Dissension \Dis*sen"sion\, n. [L. dissensio: cf. F. dissension. See Dissent.] Disagreement in opinion, usually of a violent character, producing warm debates or angry words; contention in words; partisan and contentious divisions; breach of friendship and union; strife; discord; quarrel. [1913 Webster]
- Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them. --Acts xv. 2. [1913 Webster]
- Debates, dissension, uproars are thy joy. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- A seditious person and raiser-up of dissension among the people. --Robynson (More's Utopia). [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'dissension'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aggressiveness,
- agreement to disagree,
- alienation,
- altercation,
- antagonism,
- antipathy,
- apostasy,
- argument,
- argumentation,
- bad blood,
- bellicosity,
- belligerence,
- bickering,
- clashing,
- collision,
- combativeness,
- competition,
- conflict,
- contention,
- contentiousness,
- contradiction,
- contrariety,
- contrariness,
- controversy,
- counter-culture,
- cross-purposes,
- difference,
- disaccord,
- disaccordance,
- disagreement,
- disapprobation,
- disapproval,
- discord,
- discordance,
- discordancy,
- discrepancy,
- disharmony,
- disparity,
- dispute,
- dissatisfaction,
- dissent,
- dissentience,
- dissidence,
- dissonance,
- disunion,
- disunity,
- divergence,
- diversity,
- dropping out,
- enmity,
- faction,
- factiousness,
- flak,
- fractiousness,
- friction,
- hostility,
- inaccordance,
- inequality,
- infighting,
- inimicalness,
- irascibility,
- irritability,
- jarring,
- litigiousness,
- minority opinion,
- negation,
- negativeness,
- nonagreement,
- nonassent,
- nonconcurrence,
- nonconformity,
- nonconsent,
- noncooperation,
- obstinacy,
- opposition,
- oppugnancy,
- partisan spirit,
- partisanship,
- perverseness,
- pugnacity,
- quarrel,
- quarrelsomeness,
- recalcitrance,
- recusance,
- recusancy,
- refractoriness,
- rejection,
- repudiation,
- repugnance,
- rivalry,
- secession,
- shrewishness,
- strife,
- uncooperativeness,
- underground,
- unharmoniousness,
- variance,
- vying,
- withdrawal,
- wrangle