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| 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: | chasm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gap, abyss |
| Synonyms: | alienation, arroyo, blank, breach, cavity, cleavage, cleft, crater, crevasse, fissure, flume, gorge, gulch, gulf, hiatus, hole, hollow, omission, opening, oversight, ravine, rent, rift, schism, skip, split, void, yawn, abysm, clough, clove, preterition |
| Antonyms: | closure, junction, juncture |
| Main Entry: | cleavage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gap |
| Synonyms: | break, chasm, cleft, divide, division, fracture, hole, rift, schism, separation, split, valley, discontinuity, severance |
| Main Entry: | cleft |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | break, gap |
| Synonyms: | aperture, arroyo, breach, canyon, chasm, chink, cleavage, crack, cranny, crevasse, crevice, fissure, fracture, gorge, gulch, opening, ravine, rent, rift, rime, schism, slit, clough, clove, rima, rimation |
| Antonyms: | closure, solid, closing |
| Main Entry: | defect |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | break from belief, faith |
| Synonyms: | abandon, abscond, back out, break faith*, depart, desert, forsake, go, go over, lapse, leave, pull out, quit, rat*, rebel, reject, renege, renounce, revolt, run out, schism, sell out*, spurn, tergiversate, turn, walk out on, withdraw, apostatize, change sides, fall away from, go back on, go over the fence, take a walk, tergiverse, turn coat |
| Antonyms: | come in, join |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | estrangement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | destruction of affections |
| Synonyms: | alienation, breach, disaffection, division, divorce, hostility, leave, parting, removal, schism, separation, split, withdrawal, withholding, antagonization, break-up, disassociation, disunity, leaving |
| Antonyms: | connection, marriage, union |
| Main Entry: | fracture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | break, rupture |
| Synonyms: | breach, cleavage, cleft, crack, fissure, gap, opening, rent, rift, schism, splinter, split, wound, discontinuity, disjunction, displacement, fragmentation, mutilation, severance |
| Main Entry: | heresy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unorthodox opinion, especially in religious matters |
| Synonyms: | atheism, blasphemy, defection, disbelief, dissent, dissidence, divergence, error, fallacy, impiety, infidelity, nonconformity, schism, sin, agnosticism, apostasy, heterodoxy, iconoclasm, misbelief, nonconformism, paganism, revisionism, sectarianism, secularism |
| Antonyms: | orthodoxy |
| Main Entry: | rebellion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disobedience; revolt |
| Synonyms: | defiance, disobedience, dissent, heresy, insubordination, insurrection, nonconformity, revolution, rising, schism, uprising, apostasy, insurgence, insurgency |
| Antonyms: | calm, harmony, peace |
| 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: | break |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fissure, opening |
| Synonyms: | breach, cleft, crack, division, fracture, gap, gash, hole, rent, rift, rupture, schism, split, tear, discontinuity, disjunction |
| Antonyms: | association, attachment, binding, combination, fastening, juncture |
| Main Entry: | faction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group sharing a belief or cause |
| Synonyms: | band, bloc, bunch, cabal, camp, caucus, cell, circle, clan, clique, club, coalition, combination, combine, concern, conclave, confederacy, conspiracy, contingent, coterie, crew, crowd, design, division, entente, gang, guild, intrigue, junta, knot, lobby, machine, minority, mob, network, offshoot, outfit, partnership, party, pressure group, ring, schism, sect, section, sector, set, side, splinter group, team, unit, wing, combo, insiders |
| Antonyms: | entirety, total, whole |
| Main Entry: | rupture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | break, split |
| Synonyms: | breach, burst, cleavage, cleft, crack, division, fissure, fracture, parting, rent, schism, tear, hernia, herniation |
| Antonyms: | closure, closing |
| Main Entry: | church |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | religious belief, group |
| Synonyms: | affiliation, body, chapter, communion, congregation, connection, creed, cult, denomination, doctrine, faction, faith, gathering, order, persuasion, religion, schism, sect, society, ism |
| Main Entry: | rent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | opening, split |
| Synonyms: | breach, break, chink, cleavage, crack, discord, dissension, division, faction, fissure, flaw, fracture, gash, hole, rift, rip, rupture, schism, slash, slit, tear, perforation, tatter |
| Antonyms: | closed |
| Main Entry: | rift |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | difference of opinion |
| Synonyms: | alienation, breach, break, clash, disagreement, division, estrangement, misunderstanding, quarrel, rupture, schism, separation, split, falling out |
| Antonyms: | agreement, concordance |
| Main Entry: | rupture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disagreement, dissolution |
| Synonyms: | altercation, breach, break, clash, contention, detachment, disruption, division, divorce, estrangement, falling-out, feud, hostility, misunderstanding, parting, partition, quarrel, rift, schism, separation, split, break-up, bustup, disunion, divorcement, split-up |
| Antonyms: | agreement, harmony, peace |
| Main Entry: | split |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | difference, disunion |
| Synonyms: | alienation, breach, break, discord, disruption, dissension, divergence, division, estrangement, fissure, fracture, partition, rent, rift, rupture, schism, break-up |
| Antonyms: | juncture, marriage, union |
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