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dissension - 20 thesaurus results
Main Entry: dissension
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: conflict of opinion
Synonyms: altercation, argument, contention, controversy, difference, disagreement, discord, dispute, dissent, dissidence, faction, flak*, friction, fuss, quarrel, scene, static, strife, trouble, variance, wrangle, bad vibes, bickering, clinker, disaccord, discordance, disunity, factionalism, sour note
Antonyms: agreement, approval, authorization, concurrence, confirmation, peace, ratification
Main Entry: antagonism
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: causing problem; opposition
Synonyms: animosity, animus, antipathy, antithesis, clashing, competition, conflict, contention, difference, disagreement, discord, dissension, enmity, friction, hatred, hostility, incongruity, rancor, resistance, rivalry, contradistinction, contrariety, oppugnancy
Antonyms: accord, agreement, harmony, rapport, sympathy, understanding
Main Entry: contradiction
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: variance to something
Synonyms: conflict, defiance, denial, difference, disagreement, discrepancy, dispute, dissension, incongruity, inconsistency, negation, opposite, opposition, bucking, confutation, contravention, gainsaying
Antonyms: acceptance, agreement, approval, concession, confirmation, verification, OK, corroboration, reconcilement
Main Entry: disharmony
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: conflict, discord
Synonyms: clash, contention, difference, dissension, dissonance, friction, strife, variance, disaccord, dissonancy, inharmoniousness
Antonyms: accord, agreement, compatibility, concord, harmony
Main Entry: disputation
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: controversy
Synonyms: debate, dialectic, dispute, dissension, forensic, argumentation, mooting, polemics
Antonyms: harmony
Main Entry: dissent
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: disagreement, disapproval
Synonyms: bone*, bone of contention*, conflict, contention, denial, difference, discord, dissension, dissidence, flak*, hassle, heresy, nonconformity, objection, opposition, protest, refusal, resistance, schism, spat, split, strife, variance, bone to pick, clinker, disaccord, disunity, far cry, heterodoxy, misbelief, nonagreement, nonconcurrence, nonconformism, nope, poles apart, sour note, unorthodoxy
Notes: dissent is, literally, 'feel or think differently' and dissident means 'sit apart, disagree'
Antonyms: agreement, approval, authorization, concurrence, endorsement, ratification, sanction
Main Entry: dissidence
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: difference of opinion
Synonyms: contention, disagreement, disharmony, dispute, dissension, dissent, feud, heresy, nonconformity, rupture, schism, strife, bad vibes, disaccord, discordance, dispeace, heterodoxy, misbelief, nonconformism, sour note, unorthodoxy
Antonyms: agreement, harmony, peace
Main Entry: feud
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: major argument; estrangement
Synonyms: altercation, bad blood*, broil*, combat, conflict, contention, contest, controversy, disagreement, discord, dispute, dissension, enmity, faction, fight, fracas, grudge, hostility, quarrel, rivalry, row, run-in*, squabble, strife, vendetta, bickering, falling out
Antonyms: agreement, friendship, comradeship
Main Entry: insubordination
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: disobedience
Synonyms: defiance, dereliction, disregard, dissension, infringement, insurrection, mutiny, noncompliance, rebellion, revolt, revolution, riot, sabotage, indiscipline, noncooperation, nonobservance
Main Entry: quarrel
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: disagreement
Synonyms: affray, altercation, argument, battle royal*, beef*, brawl, breach, broil*, combat, commotion, complaint, contention, controversy, difference, difference of opinion, difficulty, disapproval, discord, disputation, dispute, dissension, dissidence, disturbance, dust*, falling-out*, feud, fight, fisticuffs*, fracas, fray, fuss, hassle, misunderstanding, objection, rhubarb*, row, ruckus*, run-in, scrap, spat, squabble, strife, struggle, tiff, tumult, vendetta, wrangle, bickering, brannigan*, catfight, set-to*
Antonyms: agreement, peace
Main Entry: schism
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: separation
Synonyms: alienation, break, breakup, difference, disagreement, discord, dissension, division, divorce, faction, fissure, fracture, gap, parting, rift, rupture, secession, splinter group, split, disunion
Main Entry: secession
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: withdrawal
Synonyms: breakup, defection, dissension, division, parting, rift, rupture, schism, separation, splinter group, split, breakaway, disaffiliation, disunion, exiting
Main Entry: spat
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: dispute, quarrel
Synonyms: altercation, argument, beef*, brouhaha, conflict, difference of opinion, disagreement, discord, dissension, embroilment, falling-out, feud, flare-up, fracas, friction, fuss, hubbub, miff*, misunderstanding, row, rumpus*, run-in*, squabble, strife, tiff, words, bickering
Main Entry: strife
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: struggle, battle
Synonyms: affray, altercation, animosity, argument, blowup, brawl, clash, combat, competition, conflict, contention, contest, controversy, difference, disagreement, discord, dispute, dissension, dissent, dissidence, faction, fighting, friction, fuss, hassle, quarrel, rivalry, spat, squabble, static, striving, tug of war*, variance, warfare, words, wrangle, bickering, disunity, emulation, factionalism, squabbling, wrangling
Antonyms: success, victory
Main Entry: variance
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: difference
Synonyms: about-face*, argument, change, conflict, contention, deviation, difference of opinion, disagreement, discord, discrepancy, dissension, dissent, dissidence, divergence, diversity, division, flip-flop*, fluctuation, incongruity, inconsistency, mutation, separation, strife, switch, variation, variety, different strokes, disaccord, disunity, mid-course correction, severing, sundering, transmogrification, unharmoniousness
Antonyms: agreement
Main Entry: vendetta
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: feud
Synonyms: argument, bad blood*, conflict, disagreement, discord, dispute, dissension, family feud, fight, fracas, grudge, hostility, quarrel, revenge, rivalry, row, squabble, strife, bickering, falling out
Main Entry: difference of opinion
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: conflict over something important
Synonyms: altercation, argument, bone of contention, conflict, debate, disagreement, dispute, dissension, dissent, friction, run-in, strife, irreconcilable difference
Main Entry: contention
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: competition
Synonyms: altercation, argument, battle, beef*, bone of contention*, combat, conflict, contest, controversy, difference, discord, dispute, dissension, dissent, dissidence, enmity, fight, flak*, hassle, hostility, quarrel, rivalry, run-in, scene, scrap, squabble, static, strife, struggle, variance, war, wrangle, belligerency, bone to pick, disaccord, disunity, feuding, set-to*, wrangling
Antonyms: affection, consideration, friendliness, friendship, good will, kindness, sympathy
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