disunion
nounEtymology From Middle French désunion.
1
Separation (disintegration) of a union; lack of union where union would be desirable.
- Hunger, cold, and mortification, the disunion of families; the separation of those the most fondly attached; youth bowed by premature toil; age wasting the little strength yet remaining:—these are the familiar objects which surround poverty.1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Meeting of Old Friends”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 195:
- Derived terms
- disunionism, disunionist