schism

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English scisme, from Old French cisme or scisme, from Ancient Greek σχίσμα (skhísma, “division”), from σχίζω (skhízō, “I split”). Doublet of schisma. Compare chasm. This word was historically pronounced /ˈsɪzəm/ (and still is among the clergy); the pronunciations /ˈʃɪzəm/, /ˈskɪzəm/ are due to the spelling (the latter may have been reinforced by learned influence); compare schedule. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈskɪzəm/, /ˈsɪzəm/, /ˈʃɪzəm/ Rhymes: -ɪzəm === Noun === schism (plural schisms) A split or separation within a group or organization, typically caused by discord. (religion) A formal division or split within a religious body. (Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy) a split within Christianity whereby a group is no longer in communion with the Church or its ecclesiastical authorities, but shares essentially the same beliefs; in other words, a political split without the introduction of heresy. ==== Synonyms ==== (split or separation): division, separation, split ==== Antonyms ==== (split, division, separation): unity ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== schismatic schismatize ==== Translations ==== === Verb === schism (third-person singular simple present schisms, present participle schisming, simple past and past participle schismed) (transitive) To split, divide (a group or organization). === Anagrams === Chisms == Swedish == === Noun === schism c a schism Synonym: splittring ==== Declension ==== === References === “schism”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “schism”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “schism”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) == Welsh == === Etymology === Borrowed from English schism. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsɡɪsm/, [ˈskɪsm] === Noun === schism m (uncountable, not mutable) obsolete spelling of sgism (“schism”) === Further reading === R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “sgism”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies