disagreement

pronunciation

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Noun:

a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters
a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions
the speech act of disagreeing or arguing or disputing

Word Origin

disagreement (n.): late 15c.; see dis- + agreement.

Synonym

n.

disparity dissonance contrariety discrepancy unlikeness conflict contradiction difference opposition variance

n.

bickering contention squabble spatting sparring disputation logomachy quarrel spat argument dispute controversy debate feud altercation

n.

opinion discord falling-out divergence difference dissent of division misunderstanding

Antonym

n.

Example

1. Was it the result of an argument or disagreement ?

2. The disagreement among models is mainly due to the different representation of clouds .

3. Yet the disagreement has been overblown .

4. But open disagreement remains possible .

5. So what is the disagreement ?

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