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disaccord

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verb

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
Noun
  • China, for its part, has also stoked the flames of discord in recent weeks, first by announcing new global export controls on rare earth minerals, key components in technologies and weaponry.
    Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The discord within the Republican Party of Wisconsin has reached a new level.
    Lawrence Andrea, jsonline.com, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Of course, that should all be taken with a grain of salt, considering the conflicting reports about their desire to have more kids, and the fact that Harry very recently stood 100% behind his wife after the controversy over her Paris Fashion Week video.
    Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 19 Oct. 2025
  • The guidance between the two entities could conflict with one another and undermine the therapeutic process.
    Brittney Melton, NPR, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The sport of off-roading suffers from a fundamental discordance: The desire to get out into nature and the irreparable harm inherent in the process of off-roading.
    Tim Stevens, ArsTechnica, 25 July 2025
  • Many of the tunes including sprawling intros and jam sessions, all melded together with discordance, reverb and instrumental solos.
    Audrey Gibbs, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Verb
  • Once more, the interests and egos of the men who sit at the very top of Spanish football are clashing, in a Clasico week in which the eyes of the footballing world are upon them.
    Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • But both sides are increasingly jumpy in the capital Mogadishu—two were killed in late September after rival security units clashed following a visit by opposition politicians to a local police station.
    Omar S Mahmood, Time, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Once the largest importer of American soybeans, China paused purchases of the product in May as bilateral frictions intensified.
    John Liu, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
  • To be sure, OpenAI’s surge isn’t without friction.
    Paulina Likos, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Despite all odds—geopolitical strife and upheaval, an economic instability and rising inflation—shoppers are still spending.
    Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 23 Oct. 2025
  • During the breakup of Yugoslavia in 1992-98, violent ethnic and religious strife boiled over among Muslims, Orthodox Christians, and Catholics.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
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
Noun
  • But dissent is not an option for the vast majority of maquila workers.
    Ladan Anoushfar, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Prominent Hollywood celebrities, like Glenn Close, Spike Lee and Jean Smart, have voiced their resounding support for the countrywide day of dissent.
    Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 18 Oct. 2025
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“Disaccord.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disaccord. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.

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