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schism

schism

 
 
pronunciation:
sI zm [or] skI zm
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Word Combinations (noun)
part of speech: noun
definition: a division into factions with opposing beliefs, esp. in a Christian church.
The eleventh century schism divided the Christian Church into what became the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church.
antonyms:
compromise
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adjective + (n.)schism clear, cultural, deep, ethnic, great, growing, ideological, internal, major, philosophical, profound, religious, serious
verb + (n.)schism avoid, cause, create, deepen, emerge, heal, reveal
(n.)schism + verb lead, occur, widen
noun + (n.)schism Help conflict, consciousness, heresy, politics, possibility, struggle