how to pronounce dissension

/dɪˈsɛnʃən/

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dissension is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of dissension in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… there was dissension within the family …”

meanings of dissension

noun:

Strong disagreement; a contention or quarrel; discord.
An act of expressing dissent, especially spoken.

dissension frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word dissension occurs in english on average 0.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics dissension can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that dissension can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;