schísma

schísma (σχίσμα) n. ‘Spalt, Riß, Uneinigkeit, Trennung’;

From σχίζω (schízō, “to split”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skʰíz.ma/ → /ˈsçiz.ma/ → /ˈsçiz.ma/

Noun

σχῐ́σμᾰ • (skhĭ́smă) n (genitive σχῐ́σμᾰτος); third declension

1. That which is divided: division, rent, split
2. A division of people based on differing opinions: schism, faction