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dissensions

dissensions is the plural of dissension.

Meaning of dissension

Noun

dissension (countable and uncountable, plural dissensions)

  1. An act of expressing dissent, especially spoken.
  2. Strong disagreement; a contention or quarrel; discord.
    • […]wherby at the last shuld have sourded discention amonge the people, they beinge seperately enclined towarde theyr naturall souerayne lorde[…]1531, Thomas Elyot, “The Best Governance”, in Ernest Rhys, editor, The Boke Named the Governour […] (Everyman’s Library), London: J[oseph] M[alaby] Dent & Co; New York, N.Y.: E[dward] P[ayson] Dutton...

Questions about dissensions

What is dissensions the plural of?
Dissensions is the plural of dissension.

Words near dissensions in the dictionary

  1. disseminators
  2. disseminatory
  3. disseminule
  4. disseminules
  5. dissension
  6. dissensions
  7. dissensious
  8. dissensual
  9. dissensus
  10. dissensuses
  11. dissent

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