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DISAGREEMENT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions
Example:
a growing divergence of opinion
Synonyms:
disagreement; discrepancy; divergence; variance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("disagreement" is a kind of...):
difference (the quality of being unlike or dissimilar)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "disagreement"):
allowance; leeway; margin; tolerance (a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The speech act of disagreeing or arguing or disputing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("disagreement" is a kind of...):
speech act (the use of language to perform some act)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "disagreement"):
confrontation; encounter; face-off; showdown (a hostile disagreement face-to-face)
dissidence (disagreement; especially disagreement with the government)
dissent (a difference of opinion)
nonconformity (lack of harmony or correspondence)
discord; dissension (disagreement among those expected to cooperate)
conflict; difference; difference of opinion; dispute (a disagreement or argument about something important)
Antonym:
agreement (the verbal act of agreeing)
Derivation:
disagree (be of different opinions)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters
Synonyms:
disagreement; dissension; dissonance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("disagreement" is a kind of...):
conflict (a state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "disagreement"):
disunity (lack of unity (usually resulting from dissension))
divide (a serious disagreement between two groups of people (typically producing tension or hostility))
Antonym:
agreement (harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters)
Derivation:
disagree (be of different opinions)
Context examples:
Bill grunted his disagreement with the diagnosis, and lapsed into silence.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
And having gone through what immediately followed of the basis of their disagreement, and his persisting to act in direct opposition to Jane Fairfax's sense of right, he made a fuller pause to say, This is very bad.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
They settled in town, received very liberal assistance from Mrs. Ferrars, were on the best terms imaginable with the Dashwoods; and setting aside the jealousies and ill-will continually subsisting between Fanny and Lucy, in which their husbands of course took a part, as well as the frequent domestic disagreements between Robert and Lucy themselves, nothing could exceed the harmony in which they all lived together.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
He had very good spirits, which never seemed much affected by his wife's occasional lowness, bore with her unreasonableness sometimes to Anne's admiration, and upon the whole, though there was very often a little disagreement (in which she had sometimes more share than she wished, being appealed to by both parties), they might pass for a happy couple.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
This was the first serious disagreement, her own hasty speeches sounded both silly and unkind, as she recalled them, her own anger looked childish now, and thoughts of poor John coming home to such a scene quite melted her heart.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
He was doing it now, vociferating, bellowing, waving his arms, and cursing like a fiend, and all because of a disagreement with another hunter as to whether a seal pup knew instinctively how to swim.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
The disagreement subsisting between yourself and my late honoured father always gave me much uneasiness, and since I have had the misfortune to lose him, I have frequently wished to heal the breach; but for some time I was kept back by my own doubts, fearing lest it might seem disrespectful to his memory for me to be on good terms with anyone with whom it had always pleased him to be at variance.—'There, Mrs. Bennet.'—My mind, however, is now made up on the subject, for having received ordination at Easter, I have been so fortunate as to be distinguished by the patronage of the Right Honourable Lady Catherine de Bourgh, widow of Sir Lewis de Bourgh, whose bounty and beneficence has preferred me to the valuable rectory of this parish, where it shall be my earnest endeavour to demean myself with grateful respect towards her ladyship, and be ever ready to perform those rites and ceremonies which are instituted by the Church of England. As a clergyman, moreover, I feel it my duty to promote and establish the blessing of peace in all families within the reach of my influence; and on these grounds I flatter myself that my present overtures are highly commendable, and that the circumstance of my being next in the entail of Longbourn estate will be kindly overlooked on your side, and not lead you to reject the offered olive-branch. I cannot be otherwise than concerned at being the means of injuring your amiable daughters, and beg leave to apologise for it, as well as to assure you of my readiness to make them every possible amends—but of this hereafter. If you should have no objection to receive me into your house, I propose myself the satisfaction of waiting on you and your family, Monday, November 18th, by four o'clock, and shall probably trespass on your hospitality till the Saturday se'ennight following, which I can do without any inconvenience, as Lady Catherine is far from objecting to my occasional absence on a Sunday, provided that some other clergyman is engaged to do the duty of the day.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
Sometimes Mars in the partnership sector (seventh house) can cause a disagreement to surface.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
But you are not aware of the consequences; it will involve you in a very cruel embarrassment, and certainly bring on a disagreement between us.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
He concealed his disappointment, and joined so easily with her in her criticism that she did not realize that deep down in him was running a strong undercurrent of disagreement.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
