Dissension — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

disagreement among those expected to cooperate

a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/dˈʊɹɹiən/

🇬🇧British English

/dɪsˈɛnʃən/

🇮🇳Indian English

/dɪsˈɛnʃən/

3 syllables Say it as /dˈʊɹɹiən/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

disagreement discord dissonance

Antonyms

agreement

Word Forms

dissent	verb	be of different opinions
disagree	verb	be of different opinions

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Uneinigkeit

Uneinigkeit unter denjenigen, von denen eine Zusammenarbeit erwartet wird

🇪🇸Spanish

disensión

desacuerdo entre aquellos que se espera que cooperen

🇮🇹Italian

dissenso

disaccordo tra coloro che dovrebbero collaborare

🇳🇱Dutch

onenigheid

onenigheid tussen degenen die naar verwachting zullen samenwerken

🇵🇹Portuguese

dissensão

desacordo entre aqueles que se espera que cooperem

🇷🇺Russian

разногласия

разногласия между теми, кто, как ожидается, будет сотрудничать

India

🇮🇳Hindi

कलह

सहयोग की अपेक्षा रखने वालों के बीच असहमति

🇧🇩Bengali

মতভেদ

সহযোগিতা প্রত্যাশিত মধ্যে মতানৈক্য

🇮🇳Tamil

கருத்து வேறுபாடு

ஒத்துழைக்க எதிர்பார்த்தவர்களிடையே கருத்து வேறுபாடு

🇮🇳Telugu

భిన్నాభిప్రాయం

సహకరిస్తారని భావిస్తున్న వారి మధ్య విభేదాలు

🇮🇳Marathi

मतभेद

सहकार्य अपेक्षित असलेल्यांमध्ये मतभेद

🇮🇳Gujarati

મતભેદ

સહકારની અપેક્ષા રાખનારાઓ વચ્ચે મતભેદ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಭಿನ್ನಾಭಿಪ್ರಾಯ

ಸಹಕರಿಸಲು ನಿರೀಕ್ಷಿಸಿದವರಲ್ಲಿ ಭಿನ್ನಾಭಿಪ್ರಾಯ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഭിന്നത

സഹകരിക്കുമെന്ന് പ്രതീക്ഷിക്കുന്നവർക്കിടയിൽ അഭിപ്രായഭിന്നത

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਮਤਭੇਦ

ਸਹਿਯੋਗ ਦੀ ਉਮੀਦ ਕਰਨ ਵਾਲਿਆਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਅਸਹਿਮਤੀ

🇵🇰Urdu

اختلاف

تعاون کی توقع رکھنے والوں کے درمیان اختلاف

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

纠纷

预期合作的各方之间存在分歧

🇯🇵Japanese

意見の相違

協力を期待されている人々の間で意見の相違がある

🇰🇷Korean

불화

협력할 것으로 예상되는 사람들 사이의 불일치

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự bất đồng

sự bất đồng giữa những người mong muốn hợp tác

🇹🇭Thai

ความขัดแย้ง

ความขัดแย้งระหว่างผู้ที่คาดว่าจะร่วมมือ

🇮🇩Indonesian

pertikaian

ketidaksepakatan di antara mereka yang diharapkan untuk bekerja sama

🇵🇭Filipino

hindi pagkakaunawaan

hindi pagkakasundo sa mga inaasahang magtutulungan

🇲🇾Malay

perselisihan faham

perselisihan faham di kalangan mereka yang diharapkan untuk bekerjasama

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

الشقاق

الخلاف بين من يتوقع منهم التعاون

🇮🇷Persian

اختلاف

اختلاف بین کسانی که انتظار همکاری دارند

🇹🇷Turkish

anlaşmazlık

işbirliği yapması beklenenler arasında anlaşmazlık

🇮🇱Hebrew

מַחֲלוֹקֶת

אי הסכמה בין הצפויים לשתף פעולה

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