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disagreement
[ dis-uh-gree-muhnt ]
noun
- the act, state, or fact of disagreeing.
- lack of agreement; diversity; unlikeness:
a disagreement of colors.
- difference of opinion; dissent.
- quarrel; dissension; argument.
disagreement
/ ˌdɪsəˈɡriːmənt /
noun
- refusal or failure to agree
- a failure to correspond
- an argument or dispute
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Other Words From
- nondis·a·greement noun
- predis·a·greement noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of disagreement1
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Example Sentences
According to police, Frias got into a disagreement with a bystander at the scene.
However, there was sharp disagreement over the breadth of the problem.
His sensitivity to this problem came out in his first sharp disagreement with his boss, VMI superintendent Francis H. Smith.
And so the reaction seems to be to corral oneself off from disagreement.
And there are some who are in disagreement about it [but] can't do anything.
There seemed to be no disagreement on the question of educating boys and girls of primary-school age together.
Max and his room-mate, Hunt, liked each other from the first, and seldom had the slightest disagreement.
Lichtenstein's connection with Weber was probably the cause of his disagreement with Spontini, alluded to by Chopin.
But there was another manœuvre which he used habitually and successfully to indicate utter disagreement and contempt.
Youth indulges in the bitter of disagreement as a piquant contrast to the sweets of the springtime of life.
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