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schism
/ˈskɪzəm/
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SKIZ-um: begin with the sk of “skin.”
The second s has a voiced z sound. Keep the final vowel light and close with m, without adding another syllable.
2 syllables · Stress on syllable 1
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“The disagreement created a schism within the organization.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does schism mean?
noun
- A split or separation within a group or organization, typically caused by discord.
- A movement or organization that splits off from a larger body.
- A formal division or split within a religious body.
More meanings (2)
noun
- 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.
verb
- To split, divide (a group or organization).
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈskɪzəm/
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Had this come to pass, there might perhaps have been a fatal schism in the Church.
The two great dangers which threaten the existence of religions are schism and indifference.
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Under these fantastic terrors of sect and schism, we wrong the earnest and zealous thirst after knowledge and understanding which God hath stirred up in this city.
More than twenty years had now elapsed since that minor schism in the Methodist Episcopal Church, the result of which was the independent body known as Free Methodists, had relieved the parent flock of its principal disturbing element.
In Germany, the schisms in the church produced also a lasting political schism, which made that country for more than a century the theatre of confusion, but at the same time threw up a firm barrier against political oppression.