"dissension" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /dɪˈsɛnʃən/ Forms: dissensions [plural]
Etymology: From Old French dissension, from Latin dissensio. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|dissension}} Old French dissension, {{der|en|la|dissensio}} Latin dissensio Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} dissension (countable and uncountable, plural dissensions)
  1. An act of expressing dissent, especially spoken. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (an act of expressing dissent, especially spoken): διχοστασία (dikhostasía) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), разногласие (raznoglasie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), раздор (razdor) [masculine] (Bulgarian), disensión [feminine] (Galician), dissensiō [feminine] (Latin), disensiune [feminine] (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-dissension-en-noun-ueZ~pm0d Disambiguation of 'an act of expressing dissent, especially spoken': 97 3
  2. Strong disagreement; a contention or quarrel; discord. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (strong disagreement; a contention or quarrel; discord): διθυμία (dithumía) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), препирня (prepirnja) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 意见不同 (Chinese Mandarin), 争执 (zhēngzhí) (Chinese Mandarin), 𐌼𐌹𐍃𐍃𐌰𐌵𐌹𐍃𐍃 (missaqiss) [feminine] (Gothic), dissensus [masculine] (Latin), waitete (Maori), threp (Middle English), disensiune [feminine] (Romanian), разла́д (razlád) [masculine] (Russian), anghydfod [masculine] (Welsh), anghytundeb [masculine] (Welsh), anghytgord [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-dissension-en-noun-1HJWaaGP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 60 Disambiguation of 'strong disagreement; a contention or quarrel; discord': 2 98

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