🌄 Extremely deep ↔️ Very great difference

chasmic

9.1

A very large difference between people, groups, or ideas

adjective
/ˈkæzmɪk/

: abismal

There is a chasmic gap in understanding between the two generations.

Examples

The report highlighted the chasmic differences in access to education across regions.
Negotiations failed due to the chasmic divide between the parties' positions.
This issue is chasmic.
There is a chasmic divide between the rich and the poor.
The report highlighted the chasmic differences in access to education across regions.
Negotiations failed due to the chasmic divide between the parties' positions.
There is a chasmic gap in understanding between the two generations.

Synonyms

irreconcilable

vschasmic

11 7.7

So different that people cannot agree

describes a very large separation rather than stating agreement is impossible

worlds apart

vschasmic

Informal

9 4.5

People or things that are very different and have nothing important in common

emphasizes very great separation but not necessarily impossibility of agreement

unreconcilable

vschasmic

7.7

Impossible to make two people or ideas agree

highlights a great division without focusing only on inability to agree

Antonyms

unity

217 2.8

People or parts joined and acting as one

similarity

157 2.7

A likeness between things that makes them seem related

How Great

chasmic

9.1

substantial

7 5.0

significant

Specialized

92 4.9

moderate

415 3.3

minor

600 2.4

Surface Forms

chasmic positive

Morphology

chasmic = chasm (semi-transparent) = chasm + ic

Derived from 'chasm' + '-ic', but the figurative meaning 'very great difference or division' requires a metaphorical extension that may not be immediately obvious to all learners.

Etymology

Chasmic comes from the Greek word chasma, meaning 'gaping hollow', and it shares the root with the English chasm. A helpful way to remember the second meaning is to picture a very large gap between people or ideas, because chasmic describes a very great difference or division.