English edit

Etymology edit

From Old French dissension, from Latin dissensio.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /dɪˈsɛnʃən/
  • Hyphenation: dis‧sen‧sion

Noun edit

dissension (countable and uncountable, plural dissensions)

  1. An act of expressing dissent, especially spoken.
  2. Strong disagreement; a contention or quarrel; discord.
    • 1843, E. A. Poe, Morning on the Wissahiccon:
      The natural scenery of America has often been contrasted, in its general features as well as in detail, with the landscape of the Old World—more especially of Europe—and not deeper has been the enthusiasm, than wide the dissension, of the supporters of each region.
    • 1998, Deborah J. Bennett, Randomness, Harvard University Press, page 34f:
      In Biblical times the resort to chance was an agreed-upon way of making many decisions because it ended dissension among opposing, often powerful, parties.

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French edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin dissēnsiōnem.

Noun edit

dissension f (plural dissensions)

  1. dissension

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