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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
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).
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
dissension
n 1: disagreement among those expected to cooperate [syn: {discord}]
2: a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters
[syn: {disagreement}] [ant: {agreement}]
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