disagreement

English

Etymology

From dis- +‎ agreement or disagree +‎ -ment.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪsəˈɡɹiːmənt/

• Audio (General American):

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Noun

disagreement (countable and uncountable, plural disagreements)

1. An argument or debate.

   They had a bit of a disagreement about what color to paint the bedroom, but they have reached a compromise.

   • 2024 April 3, Stephen Breyer, “Stephen Breyer: The Supreme Court I Served On Was Made Up of Friends”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     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.

2. A condition of not agreeing or concurring.

   The theory shows considerable disagreement with the data.

   The two sides were in disagreement.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:dispute

Derived terms

• nondisagreement
• predisagreement

 

Translations

an argument or debate

• Bulgarian: разногла́сие (bg) n (raznoglásie)
• Dutch: verschil van mening, meningsverschil (nl)
• Esperanto: disputo
• Finnish: erimielisyys (fi), mielipide-ero
• French: désaccord (fr) m
• Georgian: უთანხმოება (utanxmoeba)
• German: Streit (de) m, Meinungsverschiedenheit (de) f
• Greek: διαφωνία (el) f (diafonía)
• Hebrew: מחלוקת / מַחְלֹקֶת (he) f (makhlóket)
• Hindi: बहस (hi) f (bahas)
• Italian: discussione (it) f
• Latin: dissensus m
• Maori: whiuwhiunga kupu
• Polish: spór (pl) m, niezgoda (pl) f
• Romanian: ceartă (ro) f, discuție (ro) f
• Russian: разногла́сие (ru) n (raznoglásije)
• Scottish Gaelic: mì-chòrdadh m, eas-aonta m
• Swedish: meningsskiljaktighet (sv) c
• Welsh: anghydfod (cy) m, anghytundeb (cy) m, gwrthdrawiad m

a condition of not agreeing or concurring

• Bulgarian: несъотве́тствие (bg) n (nesǎotvétstvie)
• Catalan: desacord (ca) m
• Czech: nesouhlas (cs) m
• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} niet in overeenstemming (nl)
• Finnish: ristiriita (fi)
• French: désaccord (fr) m
• German: Meinungsverschiedenheit (de) f
• Greek: ασυμφωνία (el) f (asymfonía)
• Hindi: असहमति f (asahmati) (difference of opinion)
• Italian: disaccordo (it) m
• Javanese: béda
• Latin: dissensus m
• Macedonian: несогласување n (nesoglasuvanje)
• Romanian: dezacord (ro) n
• Russian: несоотве́тствие (ru) n (nesootvétstvije), несогла́сие (ru) f (nesoglásije) (difference of opinion)
• Scottish Gaelic: mì-chòrdadh m, eas-aonta m
• Spanish: desavenencia (es), desacuerdo (es) m, desencuentro m
• Swedish: oenighet (sv) c, meningsskiljaktighet (sv) c
• Welsh: anghydfod (cy) m, anghydwelediad m, gwahaniaeth (cy) m

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} obĵeto
• French: ^{(please verify)} désaccord (fr) m

Anagrams

• demagnetiser, misgenerated