DISUNITIES Synonyms: 71 Similar and Opposite Words

disunities

noun

plural of disunity

as in frictions

a lack of agreement or harmony troubling signs of disunity within the normally peaceful organization

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Noun

Although many top‑level policy frameworks read promisingly, structural frictions create risk that reforms won’t deliver limited real‑world impact, Tang said.

— Russell Flannery, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Wuthering Heights In Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte presents a world of conflicts, frictions between families, passions, and attachments—especially those of Catherine Earnshaw and the tortured Heathcliff—across an untamed landscape.

— Caroline Rogers, Southern Living, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of frictions

Noun

As America nears the 250th anniversary of its founding, Congress emerges as a messy but essential stage where the nation’s biggest conflicts, compromises and experiments play out.

— Lisa Mascaro, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Experts like Ginn note that the spread of drone use across the region is a real threat for the region as criminal groups draw inspiration from foreign conflicts.

— Sol Amaya, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of conflicts

Noun

Your dedicated Slack channels, private discords and endless Reddit threads.

— April Uchitel, Flow Space, 6 Aug. 2025
In every case, physical science, which is based on the evidence reported by these limited and limiting senses, eventually leaves us stranded with the conviction that sickness, accidents, and disasters – discords of every description, regardless of the apparent cause – are real and inevitable.

— Lisa Rennie Sytsma, Christian Science Monitor, 20 June 2025

Definition of discords

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These and other wars in the region came at a huge human cost, too.

— Daniel Byman, Foreign Affairs, 8 Sep. 2026
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, revered by the global left for his stance on migration and the wars in Gaza and Iran, has faced mass protests over the Ceuta border crisis.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of wars

Noun

This turns into a big argument about Issa being a weird little guy, and suddenly there are multiple potential roommate schisms in the house.

— Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026
Yet since she was rescued in bad shape in mid-July and transferred to the Ojai Raptor Center for treatment, schisms have formed.

— Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of schisms

Noun

Since his confirmation earlier this year, the central bank has split further on whether inflation is truly transitory; last month’s decision to keep rates steady resulted in the most dissents since 1970.

— Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 28 Aug. 2026
No explanation on the decision was included, and no dissents were noted.

— Lindsay Kimble, PEOPLE, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of dissents

Noun

Teams of all experience levels took part in the tournament, which featured social, intermediate and advanced divisions.

— Gabby Sartori, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2026
Some farsighted experts have warned that AI could devastate the job market and widen the divisions that mark today’s politics and society.

— The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of divisions

Noun

Gilbertson’s involvement in the ports grew out of a series of chaotic mergers that in the 1990s led to endless disputes among shippers and the railroads about whose cargo would move first.

— John Lippert, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026
Trump declined to endorse Thune for a future term as leader amid disputes over passing the SAVE America Act and eliminating the filibuster.

— David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 6 Sep. 2026

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