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scission
[ sizh-uhn, sish- ]
scission
/ ˈsɪʃən /
noun
- the act or an instance of cutting, splitting, or dividing
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of scission1
C15: from Late Latin scissiō, from scindere to split
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Example Sentences
He, therefore, has the scission in himself, he longs to leave and be restored out of this realm of mere nature.
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It manifestly carries the Trojan scission into Olympus and drives out in disgrace the Trojan deities.
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Does he not show within himself a deep scission—between his desire to return and his deed?
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Scission is seen to take place equally in the world of ideas; but the result, instead of being a new life, is a new abstraction.
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But who can say what would be the evils of a scission, and when and where they would end?
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