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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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  1. frictions
  2. conflicts
  3. discords
  4. wars
  5. schisms
  6. dissents
  7. divisions
  8. disputes
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
  • Moments like this are really what Housewives is supposed to be about — a genuine sisterhood with deep ties that take precedence over superfluous conflicts.
    — Tom Smyth, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2026
  • The average company is 109 years old, and more than half have been in business for over a century, surviving global conflicts and adapting through multiple industrial revolutions.
    — Sam Birchall, Fortune, 16 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
Noun
  • 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
  • But schisms and heel digging are probably inevitable in such uncertain fields, Catling says.
    — Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 15 Sep. 2026
  • 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
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
  • Both teams will now try to push the gas pedal down and win their respective divisions.
    — Levi Weaver, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Most of the National League divisions are already secured, but the Wild Card race still has some intrigue.
    — OutKick, FOXNews.com, 15 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
Definition of disputes
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“Disunities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disunities. Accessed 19 Sep. 2026.

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