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disunity Definition

dis·uni·ty (dis yo̵̅o̅nə tē)

noun

lack of unity

disunity Usage Examples

Preposition: within

  • family: We confess our sin that our disunity within the Reformed family has impaired our ability to serve God's mission in fullness.

Converse of object

  • create: Controls can be used to create disunity by intimidating trade union activists who have not got a secure immigration status.
  • cause: Otherwise, and as we are seeing, divisive notions result which can unnecessarily cause disunity and segregation in society.
  • discord: Discord, disunity, conflict at the level of the church could have devastated the integrity of their testimony.
  • generate: The processes of cohesion and disunity generated by these transformations are particularly tangible in communities which experience national borders on their doorstep.

Preposition: in

  • church: And disunity in the church is a sign of immaturity, of a church that has not equipped itself for ministry.

Adjective modifier

  • political: The Islamic ruling class was paralyzed by political disunity and military weakness.
  • internal: Some through internal disunity and strife in other words, through disease.
  • great: Their ' offers ' of all-British unity, within their very undemocratic centralized organizations, only promote greater disunity.
  • German: Language and German Disunity: a sociolinguistic history of east and west in Germany 1945-2000 ( Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002 ).
  • social: Hinduism for Guru Nanak was deficient in that it taught social disunity and religious segregation and gave no hope of liberation to the underclasses.

Noun used with modifier

  • party: He said the Labor by-election loss last week showed that party disunity would not be tolerated by voters.
  • family: However, the seeds of family disunity are sown from beyond the grave in the opening episode.

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