disagreement

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disagreement

  • /dɪsəˈɡɹiːmənt/ Australia, UK
  • /ˌdɪsəˈɡɹimənt/ Canada, US

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From dis- + agreement or disagree + -ment.

noun disagreements

  1. countable An argument or debate. They had a bit of a disagreement about what color to paint the bedroom, but they have reached a compromise.

    Similar: rift

  2. uncountable A condition of not agreeing or concurring. The theory shows considerable disagreement with the data.

Similar: contention. See also Thesaurus:dispute

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: dissension, divergence, discrepancy, variance, controversy, dispute, controversial, contestation, disputed, contention, wrangling, quarrel, altercation, challenge, strife, opposition

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noun an argument or debate

हिन्दीबहस bahas
Françaisdésaccord
DeutschStreit, Meinungsverschiedenheit
Italianodiscussione
Ελληνικάδιαφωνία diafonía
Românăceartă, discuție
Русскийразногла́сие raznoglásije
עבריתמחלוקת, מַחְלֹקֶת makhlóket

noun a condition of not agreeing or concurring

Españoldesavenencia, desacuerdo, desencuentro
हिन्दीअसहमति asahmati
Françaisdésaccord
DeutschMeinungsverschiedenheit
Italianodisaccordo
Ελληνικάασυμφωνία asymfonía
Românădezacord
Русскийнесоотве́тствие nesootvétstvije, несогла́сие nesoglásije

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@misc{disagreement_2026,
  title = {disagreement},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/disagreement},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}