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disaccord

American  
[dis-uh-kawrd] / ˌdɪs əˈkɔrd /

verb (used without object)

  1. to be out of accord; disagree.


noun

  1. disagreement.

    grave disaccords among nations.

disaccord British  
/ ˌdɪsəˈkɔːd /

noun

  1. lack of agreement or harmony

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. (intr) to be out of agreement; disagree

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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."

From Time Magazine Archive

Example: Sovietologist Richard Lowenthal has sorrowfully expressed his amazement at Solzhenitsyn's "utter disaccord with the facts of recent international history."

From Time Magazine Archive

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)