Synonyms for strife
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1. strifenoun

   Synonyms:
   conflict, contention, discord

2. strifenoun

   Violent conflict, usually brief or limited in nature.

   Synonyms:
   discord, contention, conflict

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1. strife

   Conflict is a general word which describes opponents, whether individuals or hosts, as dashed together. One continuous conflict between entire armies is a battle. Another battle may be fought upon the same field after a considerable interval; or a new battle may follow immediately, the armies meeting upon a new field. An action is brief and partial; a battle may last for days. Engagement is a somewhat formal expression for battle; as, it was the commander's purpose to avoid a general engagement. A protracted war, including many battles, may be a stubborn contest. Combat, originally a hostile encounter between individuals, is now used also for extensive engagements. A skirmish is between small detachments or scattered troops. An encounter may be either purposed or accidental, between individuals or armed forces. Fight is a word of less dignity than battle; we should not ordinarily speak of Waterloo as a fight, unless where the word is used in the sense of fighting; as, I was in the thick of the fight.

   Synonyms:
   action, affair, battle, bout, combat, conflict, contest, encounter, engagement, fight, passage of arms, skirmish

   Antonyms:
   armistice, concord, peace, suspension of hostilities, truce

   Preposition:
   A battle of giants; battle between armies; a battle for life, against invaders; a battle to the death; the battle of (more rarely at) Marathon.

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1. strife

   Synonyms:
   struggle, contention, contest, animosity, quarrel, wrangle, disagreement, discord, bickering, emulation

   Antonyms:
   good will, peace, amity, friendliness

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1. discord, strifenoun

   lack of agreement or harmony

   Synonyms:
   discord, dissension, discordance

2. strifenoun

   bitter conflict; heated often violent dissension

   Synonyms:
   discord

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1. • Conflict
   • Disorder

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1. strifenoun

   Synonyms:
   contention, contest, conflict, struggle, quarrel

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1. strifenoun

   Synonyms:
   conflict, struggle, contention, emulation, competition, battle

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1. List of paraphrases for "strife":

   sedition, conflict, unrest, disorder, struggle, infighting, dissension, discord, turmoil, fighting, dispute, war, fight

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1. Percy Bysshe Shelley:

   Peace, peace! he is not dead, he doth not sleep -- he hath awakened from the dream of life -- 'Tis we, who lost in stormy visions, keep with phantoms an unprofitable strife.

2. Ambrose Bierce:

   Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles.

3. Mickey Mehta:

   As meditation heals, celebration also heals. A day of dance and music can add a year to your life, celebrating in every condition will end all your strife. It's the attitude and the perspective of life which is healing in the first place, releasing all the antibodies for #happy feeling in your holy space. Have the time of life and heal your lifetime, let your celebration be maximized, to be on the top of your game and get MickeyMized.

4. President Tayyip Erdogan:

   The more that we as Muslims, as Muslim countries, fall out with each other, the more the innocents who have put their hopes in us will be exposed to strife.

5. President Barack Obama:

   I get a thick book full of death, destruction, strife and chaos. That's what I take with my morning tea.