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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
Origin of scission1
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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.
It manifestly carries the Trojan scission into Olympus and drives out in disgrace the Trojan deities.
Does he not show within himself a deep scission—between his desire to return and his deed?
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.
But who can say what would be the evils of a scission, and when and where they would end?
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