Internecine
adjective
Involving conflict or fighting within a group or organization.
The political party's internecine disagreements led to its split into two factions.
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Academic
adjective
Fierce and destructive to both sides in a conflict.
The internecine war resulted in the devastation of both nations.
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
adjective
Involving conflict or fighting within a group or organization.
The political party's internecine disagreements led to its split into two factions.
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
adjective
Fierce and destructive to both sides in a conflict.
The internecine war resulted in the devastation of both nations.
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Group Conflict
Use 'internecine' when describing disputes that occur within a single group or organization, not between different ones.
The board meeting turned internecine with trustees arguing fiercely among themselves.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Tone
'Internecine' has a negative connotation implying that the infighting is harmful to the group.
The band's internecine squabbles eventually led to its breakup.
Pro Tip 3/3Academic Context
Often found in scholarly texts, 'internecine' is formal and used in serious or historical discussions.
The professor lectured on the internecine conflicts of the late Roman Republic.
Pro Tip 1/3Group Conflict
Use 'internecine' when describing disputes that occur within a single group or organization, not between different ones.
The board meeting turned internecine with trustees arguing fiercely among themselves.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Tone
'Internecine' has a negative connotation implying that the infighting is harmful to the group.
The band's internecine squabbles eventually led to its breakup.
Pro Tip 3/3Academic Context
Often found in scholarly texts, 'internecine' is formal and used in serious or historical discussions.
The professor lectured on the internecine conflicts of the late Roman Republic.
Pro Tip 1/3Group Conflict
Use 'internecine' when describing disputes that occur within a single group or organization, not between different ones.
The board meeting turned internecine with trustees arguing fiercely among themselves.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Tone
'Internecine' has a negative connotation implying that the infighting is harmful to the group.
The band's internecine squabbles eventually led to its breakup.
Pro Tip 3/3Academic Context
Often found in scholarly texts, 'internecine' is formal and used in serious or historical discussions.
The professor lectured on the internecine conflicts of the late Roman Republic.
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Quote examples
Sabine Baring-Gould
English Clergyman
The history of the Welsh, the Irish, the Highlanders, is just the same as that of the Gauls, one of internecine feud, no political cohesion, no capacity for merging private interests, forgetting private grudges for a patriotic cause.
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Wendell Willkie
American Lawyer
But it required a disastrous, internecine war to bring this question of human freedom to a crisis, and the process of striking the shackles from the slave was accomplished in a single hour.
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Sabine Baring-Gould
English Clergyman
The history of the Welsh, the Irish, the Highlanders, is just the same as that of the Gauls, one of internecine feud, no political cohesion, no capacity for merging private interests, forgetting private grudges for a patriotic cause.
Quote examples
Wendell Willkie
American Lawyer
But it required a disastrous, internecine war to bring this question of human freedom to a crisis, and the process of striking the shackles from the slave was accomplished in a single hour.
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