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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disunities
  1. frictions
  2. conflicts
  3. discords
  4. wars
  5. schisms
  6. dissents
  7. divisions
  8. disputes
Noun
  • These are the unglamorous frictions that decide whether the idea ever becomes infrastructure.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 July 2026
  • For all those frictions, now is the time to start making acquisitions.
    — Paul Caputo, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
Definition of frictions
Noun
  • Biden’s term was defined by a wide range of conflicts and achievements, from his handling of wars in Ukraine and the Middle East to the passage of ambitious infrastructure and economic aid bills.
    — Hillel Italie, Fortune, 15 July 2026
  • For instance, imagine users asking for advice on interpersonal conflicts or looking for feedback on work collaboration with international partners.
    — Alexandra Figueroa, The Conversation, 14 July 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
Noun
  • During a recent concert where Graham Nash was speaking his mind about needless wars and his belief that the president started a war with Iran to distract from the Epstein files, someone in the audience yelled out.
    — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 13 July 2026
  • But after two wars in nine months, there was a sense of tired resignation when news of the airstrikes hit Tehran Wednesday.
    — Frederik Pleitgen, CNN Money, 11 July 2026
Definition of wars
Noun
  • As the country heads toward a national election, the leader once celebrated as a healer is now viewed by critics as the main driver of these schisms.
    — Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 31 May 2026
  • Given the schisms, some in the GOP believe only a single party-line bill may end up passing before November.
    — Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 9 Apr. 2026
Definition of schisms
Noun
  • The 6-3 ruling included dissents from conservative-leaning Justices Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas and Amy Coney Barrett.
    — Justin Klawans, TheWeek, 2 July 2026
  • Alito, Clarence Thomas, and Neil Gorsuch each wrote separate dissents in Barbara, and Gorsuch joined Thomas’s.
    — Amy Davidson Sorkin, New Yorker, 30 June 2026
Definition of dissents
Noun
  • Russia has used troll farms, fake social-media personas, and hacked materials to inflame political divisions in the United States, most notably during the 2016 campaign.
    — Eric Cortellessa, Time, 14 July 2026
  • Market volatility often benefits trading divisions on Wall Street, but unlike in past bouts of turbulence, the IPO environment is also hot.
    — J.D. Capelouto, semafor.com, 14 July 2026
Definition of divisions
Noun
  • Herzog won a power struggle in the front office, then quit anyway, amid disputes with ownership.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
  • According to Castillo, one of the most significant failures has been the tendency to treat many squatter complaints as civil disputes rather than criminal investigations.
    — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2026
Definition of disputes
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