disunify

dis·unify
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UK/dɪsˈjuːnɨfaɪ/US/dɪsˈjunɪ̈faɪ/

verb

To cause to cease to be unified; to split up or dissociate.

Similar
break apart
Opposite
unify
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Meanings

verbdisunify (third-person singular simple present disunifies, present participle disunifying, simple past and past participle disunified)

present singular third person disunifies · participle present disunifying · participle past disunified · past disunified

  1. transitiveTo cause to cease to be unified; to split up or dissociate.

    And so the 16th annual New York Jewish Film Festival — not to be confused with the Woody Allen retrospective currently wrapping up downtown at Film Forum — presents an engagingly disunified program, with something to appeal to, or alienate, every taste.

    2007 January 10, A.O. Scott, “A Film Festival for a Jewish World That Spans the Globe”, in New York Times

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
unify

verbbreak up or separate

Similar
break apart
Opposite
unify
Broader
separatepartsplit up
Also see
break apartdisjoinseparate

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From dis- + unify.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with disunify

misunify
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Cite this entry
APA

disunify. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disunify

MLA

“disunify.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disunify. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disunify,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disunify.

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