Standard Lemma guide

disunify

verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • Received-Pronunciation: /dɪsˈjuːnɨfaɪ/
  • General-American: dĭs-yo͞oʹnĭ-fī'
  • General-American: /dɪsˈjunɪ̈faɪ/
  • rhymes with -uːnɪfaɪ

1

verb

Meaning 1

To cause to cease to be unified; to split up or dissociate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

break up or separate

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The country is disunifying
  • Yugoslavia broke apart after 1989

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: break apart

Antonyms: unify

Broader terms: separate, part, split up, split, break, break up

History

Etymology

From dis- + unify.