discord
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5.6
- noun
- /ˈdɪskɔrd/
:
discordia
- A number of these oversights or mishaps have led to minor discord within the community.
- marital discord
- minor discord
- seeds of discord
We get a hyper focus on conflict and discord versus collaboration and creativity.
- We get a hyper focus on conflict and discord versus collaboration and creativity.
- One of them is that these are seeds of discord sown by malign foreign actors.
- And in the end, he got charged for trying to like sow discord.
- So it's just, it's really a disastrous machine for manufacturing Discord.
- The other virtues tear the body of discord apart.
Examples
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Discord within the city, just as discord within the soul, is regarded as the greatest evil.
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For primitive peoples in the harshest environments, social discord was the evil of all evils.
Fiction book (2000) -
Did I hear something about you having a little domestic discord or something?
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When I first got here, well, there was discord.
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Where there is discord, may we bring harmony.
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Communication problems are frequently the source of discord between parents and coaches.
Academic text (1994) -
Meanwhile, division and discord were more and more in evidence within the Legislative Assembly as well.
Academic text (1993) -
As far as she was concerned, there had not been the slightest hint of discord within the relationship.
Fiction book (2001) -
In another study, Kenow and Williams found a similar discord between perceptions of players and their respective coaches.
Academic text (1996) -
The prolonged discord between the neighbors escalated into a public argument.
Synonyms
397
2.3
A serious disagreement between people or groups over ideas
268
1.6
A situation when people do not have the same opinion
138
4.2
A strong disagreement that separates people in a group
110
6.0
A strong disagreement between groups that causes tension
105
3.2
A short conflict between people or groups
93
4.2
A long bitter quarrel between two people, families, or groups
61
2.0
An angry argument between people who are usually friendly
58
5.9
A gap between what people think and what really happens
58
6.6
Serious disagreement and fighting among people
43
3.9
Tension between people or groups
34
5.4
A serious break between people or groups that causes conflict
30
4.4
A disagreement that ends or weakens a relationship
23
7.8
A lack of agreement in what people say, do or think
16
7.5
A disagreement and arguing between people who must work together
7
4.0
Tension between people or groups that causes disagreement
6
7.1
A serious break between people or groups that causes a lack of trust
5
6.7
A feeling of disagreement and tension between people
4
6.4
A situation when people or groups do not agree
3
7.0
A group whose members strongly disagree about important issues
1
8.1
A situation when people or groups are not united
1
8.2
A situation where people or things do not agree
1
8.1
A situation where people or groups disagree and feel tension
Antonyms
Compounds
How Harmonious
Surface Forms
Morphology
discord = dis + cord
Although historically analyzable as dis- + cord (heart), the 'cord' element is not a productive modern English morpheme meaning 'heart', so the current sense 'disagreement' is not transparently derivable by typical learners.
Etymology
Discord comes from the Latin parts dis- 'not' or 'apart' and cor/cord 'heart'. It once meant people who were 'not of one heart' and did not agree, and it is the opposite of accord 'agreement', which is why discord now means disagreement or conflict between people.