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[ noun ] division of a group into opposing factions

Synonyms

split

Examples

"another schism like that and they will wind up in bankruptcy"

Used in print

(Gibson Winter, The Suburban Captivity of the...)

The motifs of impersonal interdependence and insulation of residential communities have polarized ; the schism between central_city and suburb , Negro and White , blue_collar and white_collar can be viewed_as symptomatic_of this deeper polarization of trends in the metropolis .

Related terms

division separate

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