Synonyms of disunion

disunion

noun

(ˌ)dis-ˈyü-nyən 

1

as in discord

a lack of agreement or harmony

political union may no longer be possible for a country continuously racked by religious disunion

Synonyms & Similar Words

• discord
• strife
• friction
• conflict
• war
• schism
• discordance
• warfare
• discordancy
• dissent
• division
• disunity
• dissension
• disharmony
• clash
• dispute
• variance
• hostility
• dissonance
• infighting
• altercation
• inharmony
• dissidence
• disagreement
• divide
• disaccord
• contention
• collision
• quarrel
• argument
• debate
• fight
• fissure
• competition
• brawl
• enmity
• antagonism
• animosity
• incompatibility
• squabble
• inconsistency
• bicker
• falling-out
• tiff
• spat
• incongruity
• incongruence
• rancor
• wrangle
• cold war
• antipathy
• row
• run-in
• ill will
• inconsistence
• jar
• scrap
• mix-up
• miff
• incongruousness
• inconsonance
• hassle
• inharmoniousness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• peace
• agreement
• harmony
• accord
• cooperation
• concord
• concurrence
• concordance

2

as in dissolution

the act or process of a whole separating into two or more parts or pieces

in the 19th century the volatile issue of slavery resulted in the disunion of several Protestant denominations

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dissolution
• split
• breakup
• partition
• division
• schism
• separation
• cleavage
• bifurcation
• fractionation
• dispersion
• fractionalization
• sundering
• scission
• dispersal
• rupture
• polarization
• divorce
• decomposition
• distribution
• segregation
• subdivision
• severance
• breach
• segmentation
• diffusion
• isolation
• dismemberment
• administration
• apportionment
• scattering
• seclusion
• atomization
• sequestration
• disassembly
• dichotomization

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• union
• unification
• association
• assemblage
• connection
• attachment
• conjunction
• consolidation
• linkage
• link
• fusion
• combination
• aggregation
• linkup

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of disunion

Gay, McIntyre and Barber all predicted the drama will be a factor in upcoming local elections, with residents taking notice of the disunion and taking sides. — Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 30 Jan. 2025

Yet the very neat symmetry that Merry highlights in the 1850s — with radicals in both South Carolina and Massachusetts rejecting compromise and opting for disunion or even war — is precisely what’s missing today. — Richard Kreitner, Washington Post, 13 July 2024

By this time, the founders had already witnessed firsthand the deadly centrifugal forces of disunion acting upon the Continental Congress. — Time, 3 July 2023

Over the next three years, the country descended into disunion, followed by civil war. — David W. Blight Max-O-Matic, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2022