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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

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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."

From Time Magazine Archive

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

The sociologist found that the only test of acquired or inherited degeneracy in man was disaccord with environment.

From Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results by Talbot, Eugene S.

Guy's debts and unsuccess were nothing in comparison with other elements of disaccord ... and then Pauline pulled herself up from brooding and resolutely forced her mind to contemplate a happy Summer.

From Plashers Mead A Novel by MacKenzie, Compton

Beaupere made various attempts to lead her into contradictions of herself; also to put her words and acts in disaccord with the Scriptures.

From Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc — Volume 2 by Twain, Mark

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