SCHISMS Synonyms: 118 Similar and Opposite Words

schisms

noun

plural of schism

as in discords

a lack of agreement or harmony schism within the charitable organization was preventing it from achieving its goals

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as in splits

the act or process of a whole separating into two or more parts or pieces the schism of the Christian church into the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches

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Recent Examples of schisms 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 But over the past decade or so, major schisms have emerged. —

Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 31 Mar. 2026 The history of religion, with its thousands of schisms and reformations, is full of pilgrims who, rather than discard their relationship with their sacred text, have found purpose, clarity, and community through defiance. —

Séamas O'Reilly, Vulture, 26 Mar. 2026 Ferrante’s portrait of these schisms is exquisite, detailing all the jealousies and insecurities that can thrive in a friendship between two bright ambitious women. —

Literary Hub, 11 Mar. 2026 The fracturing of the television audience parallels the schisms in America’s political culture, with viewers and voters increasingly sheltering in partisan echo chambers. —

Karrin Vasby Anderson, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2026 The band’s success was stymied by internal schisms, as Negron’s addiction to drugs eventually landed him on Skid Row for a time. —

Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 2 Feb. 2026 Yet even within conservative or liberal groups, there are signs that each one would eventually emerge with the same types of schisms that exist today. —

Sheldon Jacobson, Twin Cities, 30 Jan. 2026

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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