cisma

Meaning

Noun

schism (a split or separation within a group or organisation)

Verb

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) inflection of cismar:
2. (form-of, imperative, second-person, singular) inflection of cismar:

cismar

1. (intransitive) to brood (think much about)
2. (intransitive) to be apprehensive

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Concepts

schism

split

chasm

Synonyms

dissidência

cisão

abismo

Translations

cisma

σχίσμα

scisma

schisme

Schisma

scission

schisma

cisma

kerkscheuring

Spaltung

scheuring

fossé

Riß

divergence

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsiz.mɐ/

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin schisma, from Ancient Greek σχίσμα (skhísma, “division”).