Dissension : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Dissension	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dissension n disagreement among those expected to cooperate [syn: discord, dissension] a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters Synonym(s): disagreement, dissension, dissonance Antonym(s): accord, agreement
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dissension \Dissen"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. Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension* and disputation with them. --Acts xv. 2. Debates, dissension, uproars are thy joy. --Dryden. A seditious person and raiser-up of dissension among the people. --Robynson (More's Utopia).