Definition of Disunion

1. Noun. The termination or destruction of union.

Specialized synonyms: Detribalisation, Detribalization
Generic synonyms: Separation
Derivative terms: Disunite
Antonyms: Union

Definition of Disunion

1. n. The termination of union; separation; disjunction; as, the disunion of the body and the soul.

Definition of Disunion

1. Noun. separation of a union ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Disunion

1. the state of being disunited [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Disunion

disulphonated
disulphonates
disulphur
disulphuret
disulphurets
disulphuric
disulphuric acid
disunified
disunifies
disuniform
disuniformities
disuniformity
disuniformly
disunify
disunifying
disunion (current term)
disunionism
disunionist
disunionists
disunions
disunite
disunited
disuniter
disuniters
disunites
disunities
disuniting
disunity
disusage
disusages

Literary usage of Disunion

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Thirty Years' View; Or, A History of the Working of the American Government by Thomas Hart Benton (1856)
"If he should happen to find old tariff disunion, disguised as Texas disunion, ... Texas disunion will be to him the same as tariff disunion : and if he ..."

2. A Political Text-book for 1860: Comprising a Brief View of Presidential by Horace Greeley, John Fitch Cleveland (1860)
"TREASON AND disunion AVOWED. IN 1856, аз now, many of the leading Statesmen and editors of the Democratic party in the Southern States uttered predictions ..."

3. The Political Text-book, Or Encyclopedia: Containing Everything Necessary by Michael W. Cluskey (1857)
"Their object ii disunion- bai \м not deceived by names : disunion, ... It cannot accede to the mad project of disunion, of which you would be the first ..."

4. A Library of American Literature from the Earliest Settlement to the Present by Arthur Stedman, Edmund Clarence Stedman (1894)
"]disunion and Slavery. A Series of Letters to Hon. ... This brings me to what I regard as the real motive of the disunion movement That motive has taken ..."

5. Selections from the Writings of the Late Thomas Hedges Genin: With a by Thomas Hedges Genin (1869)
"THE FATAL disunion. THE " Fatal disunion " alludes to the history of the United States until the introduction of Joseph; and afterwards to the supposed ..."

6. Virginia's Attitude Toward Slavery and Secession by Beverley Bland Munford (1909)
"XXXII THE ABOLITIONISTS AND disunion (Concluded) THESE citations from the ... All hail, disunion!"2 Such was the condition of affairs with respect to the ..."

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