disagreements
Clashes of opinion
Disagreements are instances of differing opinions or failure to agree.
The word covers everything from minor disputes to serious conflicts: We had a few disagreements about the budget, philosophical disagreements between the two camps.
A disagreement can be a single clash or an ongoing state of discord.
Reasoned case or dispute
- quarrelAngry verbal dispute
- disputeVerbal clash over differences
- altercationHeated verbal dispute
- squabbleTrivial noisy argument
bickering · wrangle · spat · tiff · row · clash · confrontation · friction
Angry, prolonged conflict
- hostilityAntagonistic disposition toward others
- tensionStretched or strained state
- antagonismActive opposition or hostility
- animosityActive, bitter hostility
enmity · discord · rivalry · feud · bad blood · acrimony · ill will · rancor
Expression of disapproval
- disapprovalUnfavorable opinion expressed
- oppositionActive resistance or dissent
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
defiance · nonconformity · dissidence · criticism · discontent · demurral · naysaying · remonstration
Formal organizational fracture
- splitSeparation into parts
- separationState of being apart
- breachBreaking of agreement
- divergenceSeparation from common origin
factionalism · polarization · sectarianism · secession · breakaway · fracture · disunion · cleavage
Careful weighing of choices
- discourseFormal communication on subjects
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
- discussionExchange of ideas
- exchangeMutual giving and receiving
forum · panel · dialectic · argumentation · counterargument · rebuttal · refutation · rhetoric
argument
Reasoned case or dispute
- quarrelAngry verbal dispute
- disputeVerbal clash over differences
- altercationHeated verbal dispute
squabble · bickering · wrangle · spat · tiff · row · clash · confrontation · friction · contention
strife
Angry, prolonged conflict
- hostilityAntagonistic disposition toward others
- tensionStretched or strained state
- antagonismActive opposition or hostility
animosity · enmity · discord · rivalry · feud · bad blood · acrimony · ill will · rancor · bitterness
objection
Expression of disapproval
- disapprovalUnfavorable opinion expressed
- oppositionActive resistance or dissent
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
resistance · defiance · nonconformity · dissidence · criticism · discontent · demurral · naysaying · remonstration · rejection
schism
Formal organizational fracture
- splitSeparation into parts
- separationState of being apart
- breachBreaking of agreement
divergence · factionalism · polarization · sectarianism · secession · breakaway · fracture · disunion · cleavage · rupture
deliberation
Careful weighing of choices
- discourseFormal communication on subjects
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
- discussionExchange of ideas
exchange · forum · panel · dialectic · argumentation · counterargument · rebuttal · refutation · rhetoric · persuasion
- workplace conflictspower struggles, arguments, office politics, turf wars, miscommunication
- utterancesutterance, statements, exclamation, assertion, questions
- obstaclesbarriers, block, obstacles, barrier, blockers
disagreementssettlements
Established communities or agreements
resolutions · reconciliations · compromises · treaties · pacts
disagreementsagreements
Formal mutual arrangements
accords · harmony · concord · understandings · reconciliations
- petty disagreementMinor conflict over trivialities
- moral disagreementDispute about rightness