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。
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French scisme, via ecclesiastical Latin from Greek skhisma ‘cleft’, from skhizein ‘to split’.- schism within something