Meanings
plural disagreements
- countableAn argument or debate.
They had a bit of a disagreement about what color to paint the bedroom, but they have reached a compromise.
1 more example
In any event, agreement or disagreement, joke or no joke, in my 28 years on the court I did not hear a voice raised in anger in that conference, nor were snide or personal remarks ever made. The discussion was professional, disagreements reflected legal differences on the merits, and the justices tried to find ways to reach court agreements.
2024 March 4, Stephen Breyer, “Stephen Breyer: The Supreme Court I Served On Was Made Up of Friends”, in The New York TimesSynonyms: rift
- uncountableA condition of not agreeing or concurring.
The two sides were in disagreement.
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The theory shows considerable disagreement with the data.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn argument or debate.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters
nouna difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From dis- + agreement or disagree + -ment.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian разногла́сие, несъотве́тствие
- разногла́сие (raznoglásie)an argument or debate
- несъотве́тствие (nesăotvétstvie)a condition of not agreeing or concurring
Catalan desacord
- desacorda condition of not agreeing or concurring
Czech nesouhlas
- nesouhlasa condition of not agreeing or concurring
Dutch verschil van mening, meningsverschil
- verschil van meningan argument or debate
- meningsverschilan argument or debate
- onenigheidan argument or debate
Esperanto disputo
- disputoan argument or debate
Finnish erimielisyys, mielipide-ero
- erimielisyysan argument or debate
- mielipide-eroan argument or debate
- ristiriitaa condition of not agreeing or concurring
French désaccord, désaccord
- désaccordan argument or debate
- désaccorda condition of not agreeing or concurring
German Streit, Meinungsverschiedenheit
- Streitan argument or debate
- Meinungsverschiedenheitan argument or debate
- Meinungsverschiedenheita condition of not agreeing or concurring
Greek διαφωνία, ασυμφωνία
- διαφωνία (diafonía)an argument or debate
- ασυμφωνία (asymfonía)a condition of not agreeing or concurring
Hebrew מחלוקת, מַחְלֹקֶת
- מחלוקתan argument or debate
- מַחְלֹקֶת (makhlóket)an argument or debate
Hindi बहस, असहमति
- बहस (bahas)an argument or debate
- असहमति (asahmati)a condition of not agreeing or concurring
Indonesian ketidaksetujuan
- ketidaksetujuana condition of not agreeing or concurring
Italian discussione, disaccordo
- discussionean argument or debate
- disaccordoa condition of not agreeing or concurring
Latin dissensus, dissensus
- dissensusan argument or debate
- dissensusa condition of not agreeing or concurring
Māori whiuwhiunga kupu
- whiuwhiunga kupuan argument or debate
Polish spór, niezgoda
- spóran argument or debate
- niezgodaan argument or debate
Romanian ceartă, discuție
- ceartăan argument or debate
- discuțiean argument or debate
- dezacorda condition of not agreeing or concurring
Russian разногла́сие, несоотве́тствие
- разногла́сие (raznoglásije)an argument or debate
- несоотве́тствие (nesootvétstvije)a condition of not agreeing or concurring
- несогла́сие (nesoglásije)a condition of not agreeing or concurring
Scottish Gaelic mì-chòrdadh, eas-aonta
- mì-chòrdadhan argument or debate
- eas-aontaan argument or debate
- mì-chòrdadha condition of not agreeing or concurring
- eas-aontaa condition of not agreeing or concurring
Spanish desavenencia, desacuerdo
- desavenenciaa condition of not agreeing or concurring
- desacuerdoa condition of not agreeing or concurring
- desencuentroa condition of not agreeing or concurring
Swedish meningsskiljaktighet, oenighet
- meningsskiljaktighetan argument or debate
- oenigheta condition of not agreeing or concurring
- meningsskiljaktigheta condition of not agreeing or concurring
Welsh anghydfod, anghytundeb
- anghydfodan argument or debate
- anghytundeban argument or debate
- gwrthdrawiadan argument or debate
- anghydfoda condition of not agreeing or concurring
- anghydwelediada condition of not agreeing or concurring
- gwahaniaetha condition of not agreeing or concurring
Cite this entry
disagreement. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disagreement
“disagreement.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disagreement. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disagreement,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disagreement.
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