dividedness
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7.2
- 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
231
1.6
A situation when people do not have the same opinion
160
4.2
A strong disagreement that separates people in a group
115
6.0
A strong disagreement between groups that causes tension
96
4.2
A division in a group that makes two opposing parts
29
5.6
Strong disagreement between people or groups
28
7.8
A state of having both positive and negative feelings about someone or something
26
7.2
People or groups split into two opposing sides and cannot agree
23
7.8
A lack of agreement in what people say, do or think
17
8.7
A serious split in a group when people have different beliefs or opinions
16
3.0
An inner struggle between different feelings or desires
13
7.0
A quality that makes people strongly disagree and split into groups
13
7.5
A disagreement and arguing between people who must work together
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6.7
A feeling of disagreement and tension between people
4
6.4
A situation when people or groups do not agree
4
6.3
A disagreement between people about beliefs or ideas
2
8.8
Small groups inside a larger group compete and disagree, causing conflict
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8.1
A situation when people or groups are not united
1
7.5
A disagreement between ideas, people, or interests
1
8.2
A situation where people or things do not agree
1
9.0
A situation where two people or groups cannot agree even after trying
1
8.0
A state of having mixed feelings about someone or something
1
9.9
A tendency to make members of a group argue and become divided
A feeling of conflict inside a person
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.