Schism - English meaning

noun

The state or experience of being alienated.

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A sense of alienation from our environment

noun

The feeling that you have no connection with the people around you or that you are not part of a group

Usage examples:

Depressed people frequently feel a sense of alienation from those around them.

noun

The act of making someone stop supporting and agreeing with you

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This short-sighted alienation of their own supporters may lose them the election.

noun

An act of breaking or failing to observe a law, agreement, or code of conduct.

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A breach of confidence

verb

Make a gap in and break through (a wall, barrier, or defence).

Usage examples:

The river breached its bank

noun

An act of breaking a law, promise, agreement, or relationship

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Breach of they felt that our discussions with other companies constituted a breach of our agreement…

verb

Separate or cause to separate into pieces as a result of a blow, shock, or strain.

Usage examples:

The branch broke with a loud snap

noun

An interruption of continuity or uniformity.

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The magazine has been published without a break since 1950

noun

Former term for breaking cart.

noun

A deep fissure in the earth's surface.

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A chasm a mile long

noun

A deep opening in earth or rock

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The little bridge over that deep chasm looked very unsafe.

noun

A very deep, narrow opening in rock, ice, or the ground

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They leaned over the rails and peered down into the dizzying chasm below.

noun

The state of being objective or aloof.

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He felt a sense of detachment from what was going on

noun

A group of soldiers who are separated from the main group in order to perform a particular duty

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A detachment of paratroopers

noun

A feeling of not being emotionally involved

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Air of detachment she had an air of detachment about her.

noun

Lack of consensus or approval.

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There was some disagreement about the details

noun

A situation in which people have different opinions, or an inability to agree

Usage examples:

[ c ] the candidates had few disagreements about the major issues.

noun

An argument or a situation in which people do not have the same opinion

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Disagreement over we had a disagreement over the fee for the work., disagreement about there is som…

noun

Disagreement between people.

Usage examples:

A prosperous family who showed no signs of discord

verb

(of people) disagree.

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We discorded commonly on two points

noun

A lack of agreement or feeling of trust between people

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The plan to build the highway created discord in our community.

noun

Disagreement that leads to discord.

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These issues caused bitter dissension in the party

noun

Strong disagreement, esp. within an organization

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There was a good deal of dissension within women’s rights organizations about setting political goa…

noun

Arguments and disagreement, especially in an organization, group, political party, etc.

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Dissension within there are signs of dissension within the ruling political party.

noun

The breaking up of something such as a federation.

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His rejection of disunion was consistent with his nationalism

noun

A situation in which people disagree so much that they can no longer work or exist together in an effective way

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Differences in language can sometimes cause disunion between countries., the team succeeded in prod…

noun

The action or state of separating

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The argument in favour of disunion was not presented honestly., for the uk, disunion from scotland …

noun

The action of separating something into parts or the process of being separated.

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The division of the land into small fields

noun

The separation of something into parts or groups, or one of the parts or groups that has been separated

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[ u ] the division of responsibilities among the officers of the company was spelled out in detail.…

noun

One of the main separate parts that a company, or group of companies, is divided into

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The year-on-year profit figure for the division fell by 36%., investment/services/international div…

noun

The fact of no longer being on friendly terms or part of a social group.

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The artist's paintings from this period reflect his growing estrangement from his family

noun

A period when you are estranged from someone (= no longer friendly with them), or the fact of no longer being friendly

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Their reunion followed a long estrangement., he talked about his estrangement from his family., col…

noun

A feeling that you do not understand someone or something, or do not have any connection with him, her, or it

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Estrangement from many college athletes share a feeling of estrangement from the other students.

noun

A deep inlet of the sea almost surrounded by land, with a narrow mouth.

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The land companies began to dredge canals through the marshlands, opening easy access from the sett…

noun

An area of sea surrounded on three sides by land

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The gulf of mexico/the gulf coast, the gulf stream, there is a widening gulf between the rich and t…

noun

A crack, split, or break in something.

Usage examples:

The wind had torn open a rift in the clouds

verb

Break apart or become separated through faulting caused by plate tectonics.

Usage examples:

The indian landmass rifted from madagascar about 90 million years ago

noun

Something that divides partners or friends

Usage examples:

The border dispute caused a rift between canada and the us.

verb

(especially of a pipe or container, or bodily part such as an organ or membrane) break or burst suddenly.

Usage examples:

If the main artery ruptures he could die

noun

An instance of breaking or bursting suddenly and completely.

Usage examples:

A small hairline crack could develop into a rupture

verb

To burst or break, or to cause something to burst or break

Usage examples:

[ i ] high winds caused the oil tank to rupture., there is a rupture in confidence in government.

noun

The action or state of cutting or being cut.

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Budding and scission of a deflated vesicle into two smaller spherical daughters were sometimes obse…

noun

The action or state of moving or being moved apart.

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The damage that might arise from the separation of parents and children

noun

The action of ending a connection or relationship.

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The severance and disestablishment of the irish church

verb

Break or cause to break forcibly into parts, especially into halves or along the grain.

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The ice cracked and split

noun

A tear, crack, or fissure in something, especially down the middle or along the grain.

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Splits appeared in the decaying planks

proper noun

A seaport on the coast of southern croatia; population 177,500 (est. 2009). founded as a roman colony in 78 bc, it contains the ruins of the palace of the emperor diocletian, built in about ad 300.