to disunify
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7.9
- verb
- /ˌdɪsˈjunɪˌfaɪ/
:
desunir
- To carve out of it some supposedly extra-Church entity by giving it a special name is in itself to disunify.
Examples
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In fact, however, the scientific community is itself disunified on most issues of environmental epidemiology, and laypeople are merely partaking in the related consensual production.
Academic text (1993) -
That hasn't happened, and instead, we feel you have become a disunifying influence, and we don't want you to work here any longer.
Academic text (2009) -
When the "I" is disunified, the inner and outer worlds appear to one as separate realms, the ordinary self and the True Self remain differentiated, and daily life and spiritual life remain disconnected from each other.
Academic text (2011) -
So a lack of logical thinking turns the mind of a person into a "disunified jumble of unrelated atomistic beliefs, unable to function as a mind at all" (Korsgaard 2009a, p. 67).
Academic text (2018) -
The political scandal served to disunify the once close-knit team, causing deep rifts among its members.
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Efforts to disunify the community only led to more conflict and division among the residents.
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When new policies were introduced, they threatened to disunify the previously united organization.
Synonyms
297
1.9
To break into parts or pieces
60
4.1
To officially end an organization, agreement, or relationship
43
4.3
To stop being a group, for example a band or committee
35
5.8
Fall apart into smaller pieces or stop working together
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3.0
To separate into pieces, for example a machine or a group
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7.2
Make people or groups divide into two opposing sides
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6.8
To separate things or parts for a special purpose
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9.9
Divide a country or group into smaller, often hostile, parts
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7.0
To cause people or groups to separate
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9.1
To separate people into different groups again after they mixed
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8.7
To make a group or organization split into smaller groups that disagree
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8.0
To separate a company into independent businesses
Cause people to disagree and feel less united
To break something into many small pieces
Antonyms
How United
Surface Forms
Morphology
disunify = unify (transparent) = dis + uni + fy
The meaning is a straightforward reversal or undoing of 'unify', so learners who know 'unify' and the prefix 'dis-' can usually infer it.
Etymology
The word disunify has the part dis- meaning 'not' or 'the opposite of', and unify, which means to make things 'one', like in union or unit. So, to disunify is to make a group 'not one' and to break or separate things that were together.