diremption
- noun
- /daɪˈrɛmpʃən/
- Archaic
:
separación
- The diremption between the two factions led to a prolonged conflict.
Examples
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The company's diremption from its parent organization created uncertainty among the employees.
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After the diremption of the once close friends, they no longer spoke to each other.
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Diremption signifies the loss of every hegemony.
Academic text (2016) -
In the next section, my efforts will be devoted to that logic of diremption and emergencies in thinking historically, which enables one to advocate a leftist-Heideggerian position.
Academic text (2016)
Synonyms
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2.6
The process of moving apart or staying apart
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5.4
A serious break between people or groups that causes conflict
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4.2
Being separate from people, things, or contact, for example losing internet
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7.8
A feeling of no longer being close to someone
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8.2
A gap or lack of connection between things
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8.1
A situation when people or groups are not united
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A gap between things that do not match
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7.8
The act of separating something from a group or connection
A lack of connection between things or people
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Diremption comes from an old Latin verb dirimere, which meant 'to separate' or 'break apart'. So a diremption is the act of breaking a connection or dividing things, which explains its modern meaning of separation.