disunion

American  

[dis-yoon-yuhn] / dɪsˈyun yən /

noun

1. a severance of union; separation; disjunction.

2. lack of unity; dissension.

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Etymology

Origin of disunion

First recorded in 1590–1600; dis- ¹ + union

Example Sentences

Here is the quintessential Westerner about to transform himself from Honest Abe the rail-splitter into Father Abraham, the avuncular statesman capable of handling the looming crisis over disunion and slavery.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

“To choose love over hate, unity over disunion, progress over retreat.”

From Seattle Times • May 13, 2023

Over the next three years, the country descended into disunion, followed by civil war.

From New York Times • Dec. 21, 2022

He did not mean to deny party differences but only that virtually all citizens preferred a federated republic over disunion or monarchy.

From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018

“It was unjust, he had by then decided, “and was acquiesced in merely from a fear of disunion, while our government was still in its infant state.”

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis