schismatical
- adjective
- /ˌskɪzˈmætɪkəl/
- Archaic
:
cismático
- Her schismatical views on the organization led to a rift among its members.
Examples
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The schismatical leadership struggled to unite their followers amid growing divisions.
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All the allegedly Vatican-approved weird new military orders that periodically make claims on the Internet, and all their weird schismatical buddies of various religious faiths.
Blog text (10) -
The schismatical factions within the church continue to create tension and conflict among the congregation.
Synonyms
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6.8
Making people disagree and split into groups
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7.7
About a religious or political group and showing strong support for its beliefs
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7.5
Involving conflict between small groups inside a larger group
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9.9
Supporting a split within a religious group
Someone shows strong support for one group inside an organization, causing division
Tending to make a group split into smaller parts
Antonyms
How Divisive
Surface Forms
Morphology
schismatical = schismatic (transparent) = schism + atic + al
The adjective denotes being related to or promoting a 'schism' and is formed by standard adjectival suffixation from the recognizable base 'schismatic'.
Etymology
The word schismatical comes from schism, which comes from an old Greek word meaning 'split'. So something schismatical causes or supports a 'split' or division, often inside a church or a group.