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strife
Synonyms and Antonyms of strife
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a lack of agreement or harmony
conflict, disaccord, discord, discordance, discordancy, disharmony, dissension (also dissention), dissent, dissidence, dissonance, disunion, disunity, division, friction, infighting, inharmony, schism, variance, war, warfare
clash, collision, competition, contention
altercation, argument, bicker, brawl, debate, disagreement, dispute, divide, fissure
falling-out, fight, hassle, jar, miff, mix-up, quarrel, row, run-in, scrap, spat, squabble, tiff, wrangle
incompatibility, incongruence, incongruity, incongruousness, inconsistence, inconsistency, inconsonance, inharmoniousness
animosity, antagonism, antipathy, cold war, enmity, hostility, ill will, rancor
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an earnest effort for superiority or victory over another
ball game, battle, combat, competition, conflict, confrontation, contention, contest, dogfight, duel, face-off, grapple, match, rivalry, struggle, sweepstakes (also sweep-stake), tug-of-war, war, warfare
Synonym Discussion of strife
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- a political party long racked by discord
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- during his brief reign the empire was never free of civil strife
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- the conflict of freedom and responsibility
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- several points of contention about the new zoning law
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- religious dissension threatened to split the colony
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- cultural variances that work against a national identity
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