schism Englisch Deutsch:
| Spaltung | schism |
| Schisma n, Kirchenspaltung f Schismen pl | schism schisms |
| Schisma n Kirchenspaltung f relig. Schismen pl | schism schisms |
schism Definition:
- A schism is a division between people, usually belonging to an organization, movement, or religious denomination. The word is most frequently applied to a split in what had previously been a single religious body, such as the East?West Schism or the Great Western Schism. It is also used of a split within a non-religious organization or movement or, more broadly, of a separation between two or more people, be it brothers, friends, lovers, etc.
| Schism (n.) Division or separation |
| schism / split division of a group into opposing factions, "another schism like that and they will wind up in bankruptcy" |
| schism the formal separation of a church into two churches or the withdrawal of one group over doctrinal differences |
| Great Schism the period from to during which there were two papacies in the Roman Catholic Church, one in Rome and one in Avignon |
schism Synonyme:
| schism affiliation alienation apostasy betrayal body bolt branch breach breach of friendship break breakaway chasm church cleavage cleft communion community defection denomination dereliction deserter desertion disaffection disfavor disruption dissent dissidence disunion disunity divergence dividedness division estrangement faction falling-out fellowship fissure fracture group heterodoxy misbelief nonconformism nonconformity offshoot open rupture order organization party persuasion ratting recall of ambassadors religious order rent rift rupture school secession sect sectarism segment separation society split unorthodoxy variety version walkout |
| schismatic Young Turk apostate backslider bolter breakaway collaborationist collaborator convert defector demurrer denominationalist deserter dissenter dissentient dissident divisive factionist fifth columnist heretical heterodox misbeliever mugwump nonconformist objector opinionist opposition voice proselyte protestant protester quisling radical rebellious recidivist recreant recusant renegade renegado renegate reversionist runagate schismatical seceder secessionist sectarian sectary separatist skeptic strikebreaker tergiversant tergiversator traitor turnabout turncoat turntail unconventional unorthodox |
| schismatical abjuratory alienated antiestablishment at odds with at variance with breakaway counter-culture denominational differing disagreeing dissentient dissenting dissident in opposition mugwumpian mugwumpish nonconforming opposing recusant renunciative renunciatory repudiative repudiatory revocatory schismatic secessionist sectarian sectary separatist underground |