disaccord
Americanverb (used without object)
noun
noun
verb
Etymology
Origin of disaccord
1350–1400; Middle English < Anglo-French, Old French desac ( c ) order, derivative of desacort. See dis- 1, accord
Example Sentences
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Yet there were moments during the meeting when the two leaders found themselves in what one observer called "cordial disaccord" and another acknowledged as "sharp exchanges."
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Example: Sovietologist Richard Lowenthal has sorrowfully expressed his amazement at Solzhenitsyn's "utter disaccord with the facts of recent international history."
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By their extreme disaccord with her mental condition these words produced on her a slightly suffocating effect.
From The Secret Agent a Simple Tale by Conrad, Joseph
As any sacred book belongs to a particular age, it inevitably, in the course of time, falls into disaccord with later ideas on certain points.
From Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV by Jastrow, Morris
But this rule should particularly be observed in the use of adjectives, which are always ill-joined with their noun when they disaccord with the impression the reader has in his mind.
From An Essay on True and Apparent Beauty in which from Settled Principles is Rendered the Grounds for Choosing and Rejecting Epigrams by Cunningham, J. V. (James Vincent)
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