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disunion

[ dis-yoon-yuhn ]

noun

  1. a severance of union; separation; disjunction.
  2. lack of unity; dissension.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of disunion1

First recorded in 1590–1600; dis- 1 + union

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Example Sentences

The Declaration, remember, is fundamentally about disunion—that is, secession.

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If the South had not made the blunder of disunion, it might well have gotten its way through constitutional means.

There is yet hope for my disunion movement, because the poll didn't ask conservatives in specific states.

Rightly or wrongly, I am for union against disunion, for collective ownership against private ownership.

The end of the war in 1902 showed the value of his persistency throughout the years of Liberal unpopularity and disunion.

I would not so act to your child as to sow discord and disunion between her and those nearest and dearest to her after I am gone.

They were to fall back into disunion, and were consequently to find themselves unable to resist the growth of the royal power.

That scheme was defeated in the defeat of the disunion candidate in several of the Southern States.

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