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    [Noun]  | "scis*sion" | \ ˈsi-zhən \


    1: a division or split in a group or union : schism

    2: an action or process of cutting, dividing, or splitting : the state of being cut, divided, or split


    Origin: 15th century ;

     Early Scots scissione, borrowed from Middle French & Late Latin; Middle French cision, scission "act of cutting, slit, cut," borrowed from Late Latin scissiōn-, scissiō "tearing apart, division" (Medieval Latin, "dissent, schism"), from Latin *scid-, base of scindere "to split, cleave, separate" + -tiōn-, -tiō, suffix of verbal action {mat|shed:1|};

    [Noun]  | "scissions" 


    1: the act or process of a whole separating into two or more parts or pieces;


      * e.g., " ... fears that the scission of the labor union will compromise the workers' bargaining power "





    [Noun]  | "scission" 


    1: the act or process of a whole separating into two or more parts or pieces;


      * e.g., " ... fears that the scission of the labor union will compromise the workers' bargaining power "





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