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disaccord 1 of 2

noun

Definition of disaccordnext
as in discord
a lack of agreement or harmony the perennial question of whether there's an irreconcilable disaccord between science and religion

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disaccord

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verb

ˌdis-ə-ˈkȯrd How to pronounce disaccord (audio)
as in to conflict
to be out of harmony or agreement usually noticeably national security measures that disaccord with our cherished right to free expression

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disaccord
  1. discord
  2. conflict
  3. discordance
  4. clash
  5. friction
  6. strife
  7. discordancy
  8. dissent
Noun
  • The woman’s vanity and the husband’s forgetfulness collide to sow chaos and discord in the house.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026
  • The discord meant the program spent much of the summer hiring replacement correspondents, including Ross Douthat, a conservative New York Times opinion writer with no experience as a TV journalist.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of discord
Verb
  • The partnership has sparked outrage and calls for boycotts from some fans, who view the deal as conflicting with the team's past progressive actions.
    — Ricardo Torres, jsonline.com, 22 Sep. 2026
  • The White House did not respond to a request for comment on the conflicting explanations given for OSC’s role in the Pentagon’s equity deals.
    — Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of conflict
Noun
  • And so my conversation with Noah centered on the idea of a space where there would be a discordance between what the physical space looked like and what was happening emotionally in that room.
    — Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Part of that discordance might be the fact that as a genre, rock has historically been difficult to define.
    — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 19 Nov. 2025
Definition of discordance
Verb
  • In his first major interview about his tell-all memoir, Tyler Hassen describes the culture clash surrounding DOGE’s mission and the backlash that followed.
    — Elizabeth Dwoskin, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2026
  • On the edges of the empire, speakers of Germanic dialects, such as the Goths and Vandals, frequently clashed with the Romans, eventually contributing to the fragmentation of the empire.
    — Scott Spires, Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of clash
Noun
  • Connected vehicles can instead surface those options through infotainment systems at the moment customers need them, improving convenience without adding friction.
    — Stacey Moser, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
  • When power changes in organizations, companies end up having friction to adapt to that power.
    — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of friction
Noun
  • October, the best time in the baseball calendar, will be at least a little different this year because of the labor strife that awaits in the offseason.
    — Jim Bowden, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Congress created temporary protections in 1990 TPS was created by Congress in 1990 to prevent deportations to countries suffering from natural disasters or civil strife.
    — Julia Ainsley, NBC news, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of strife
Noun
  • The discordancy is so intriguing — like learning that Katharine Graham went to nude encounter sessions at Esalen, or Alan Greenspan was once in a Lynyrd Skynyrd cover band.
    — New York Times, New York Times, 17 Nov. 2021
Definition of discordancy
Noun
  • In his dissent, Scalia argued that the ESA was written narrowly to prohibit the intentional hunting and killing of vulnerable animals, not to broadly protect species at the population level.
    — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 22 Sep. 2026
  • California Attorney General Rob Bonta If Ruffalo is the face of celebrity dissent, then Bonta was the final boss.
    — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of dissent
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“Disaccord.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disaccord. Accessed 27 Sep. 2026.

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