clivage
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French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
clivage m (plural clivages)
- (mineralogy) cleavage
- Le clivage est la faculté d’un minéral de se rompre suivant un plan.
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- separation, dissociation
- En psychanalyse le clivage du moi désigne la non communication entre plusieurs parties de la personnalité.
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- (figurative) deep divide between two entities, chasm
- Le clivage qui sépare la gauche et la droite.
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Synonyms
Descendants
- → Romanian: clivaj
Further reading
- “clivage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.