dividedness
- noun
- /dɪˈvaɪdɪdnəs/
- She felt a sense of dividedness when choosing between her family's expectations and her own dreams.
Examples
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The utopian or ideological contradiction is located precisely—and paradoxically—in its radicalization of the dividedness of man.
Academic text (1997) -
Your universal love transcends our own dividedness.
Academic text (2014) -
Is a life of dividedness, of being separate from the sublime, our curse?
Blog text (28) -
The team's dividedness over their strategy caused tension during the meeting.
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His dividedness about moving to a new city reflected his conflicting desires for adventure and stability.
Synonyms
A situation when people do not have the same opinion
An inner struggle between different feelings or desires
A strong disagreement that separates people in a group
A strong disagreement between groups that causes tension
A division in a group that makes two opposing parts
A state of having both positive and negative feelings about someone or something
Strong disagreement between people or groups
People or groups split into two opposing sides and cannot agree
A lack of agreement in what people say, do or think
A serious split in a group when people have different beliefs or opinions
A disagreement and arguing between people who must work together
A quality that makes people strongly disagree and split into groups
A feeling of disagreement and tension between people
A situation when people or groups do not agree
A disagreement between people about beliefs or ideas
Small groups inside a larger group compete and disagree, causing conflict
A situation when people or groups are not united
A situation where people or things do not agree
A state of having mixed feelings about someone or something
A disagreement between ideas, people, or interests
A feeling of conflict inside a person
A tendency to make members of a group argue and become divided
A situation where two people or groups cannot agree even after trying
A situation when people, groups, or data do not agree
Antonyms
How Conflicted
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Dividedness comes from the simple word divide, which means 'to split' or 'separate'. Think of your mind being 'split' and pulled in different directions; that's why dividedness can mean having conflicting feelings or loyalties.