Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Lack of unity.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Want of unity; a state of separation.
  • noun The absence of unity of feelings or interests; want of concord.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A state of separation or disunion; want of unity.

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  • noun The lack of unity or cohesion.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun lack of unity (usually resulting from dissension)

Etymologies

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dis- +‎ unity

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Examples

  • In a democracy, disunity is not just the reality, it's the premise.

    Not the Ones We've Been Waiting For Bret Stephens 2010

  • Such disunity is raw feed for the anti-gunners and we need it like we need a hole in the head.

    ZUMBOMANIA, PART II: David E. 2007

  • History records that the road to international disunity is strewn with skeletons of appeasement.

    Canada—Whither? 1968

  • He’s been making the tactical error of not telling Democrats what they want to hear lately*, so any excuse to discount this cold water on GOP party disunity is a good enough one, right?

    Fortunately, they will ignore Tom Jensen utterly. | RedState 2010

  • The social evils of Plato´s time, namely disunity, incompetence and violence, are still present and will always be for as long as there are political communities and incompetent rulers unable to impose rules thus triggering a process of political so-cialization that will change individual attitudes.

    American Chronicle American Chronicle 2010

  • The disunity is a consequence of how the issue has been managed and broadened out to concerns about the management of the party in general.

    unknown title 2009

  • KUCHING: The so-called disunity among members of the state Barisan Nasional is a fallacy, said Parti Rakyat Sarawak president Datuk Seri James Masing.

    unknown title 2009

  • The disunity is a consequence of how the issue has been managed and broadened out to concerns about the management of the party in general.

    The Sydney Morning Herald News Headlines 2009

  • No, he was counting on the "disunity" between HC and BO supporters.

    The Palin Meltdown in Slo-Mo 2009

  • You don't want that kind of disunity in your administration.

    Al Eisele: Doggone It, Why Not a White House Cat? 2009

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