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bifurcation
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of BIFURCATION
1
a movement in different directions away from a common point <a thoughtful book about the nation's bifurcation into two distinct and antagonistic cultures>
Related Words difference, disagreement, discrepancy, disparateness, disparity, dissidence, dissimilarity, distinction, distinctiveness, distinctness, diversity, unlikeness
Antonyms convergence
2
the act or process of a whole separating into two or more parts or pieces <a divisive issue that caused the bifurcation of the political party>
Synonyms bifurcation, breakup, cleavage, dissolution, disunion, division, fractionalization, fractionation, partition, schism, scission, split, sundering
Related Words breach, rupture; divorce, severance; decomposition, disassembly, dismemberment, segmentation, subdivision; atomization, dichotomization, polarization; diffusion, dispersal, dispersion, scattering; administration, apportionment, distribution; isolation, seclusion, segregation, sequestration
Near Antonyms assemblage, association; attachment, conjunction, connection, link, linkage, linkup; aggregation, combination, consolidation, fusion
Antonyms unification, union
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