schism
noun /ˈskɪzəm/, /ˈsɪzəm/
/ˈskɪzəm/, /ˈsɪzəm/
[countable, uncountable] (formal)- 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
领导层和普通党员之间日益扩大的分歧 - By 1914 the party was dangerously close to schism.
到1914年，该党已濒临分裂的危险境地。
词源late Middle English: from Old French scisme, via ecclesiastical Latin from Greek skhisma ‘cleft’, from skhizein ‘to split’. - schism within something The disagreement eventually led to a schism within the Church.