strong disagreement within an organization, especially a religious one, that makes its members divide into separate groups分裂；宗派活动；（尤指）教会分裂- schism within something The disagreement eventually led to a schism within the Church.这一分歧最终导致了教会内部的分裂。
- schism between A and B the growing schism between the leadership and the ordinary party members领导层与普通党员之间的分裂日益加剧
- By 1914 the party was dangerously close to schism.到1914年，该党已濒临分裂的危险境地。
Topics Opinion and argumentc2Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French scisme, via ecclesiastical Latin from Greek skhisma ‘cleft’, from skhizein ‘to split’.