profound disagreement

collocation in English

meaningsofprofoundanddisagreement

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profound
adjective
uk
/prəˈfaʊnd/us
/prəˈfaʊnd/
felt or experienced very strongly or in an ...
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disagreement
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˌdɪs.əˈɡriː.mənt/us
/ˌdɪs.əˈɡriː.mənt/
an argument or a situation in which people do not have the ...
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(Definition ofprofoundanddisagreementfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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There isprofounddisagreementamong scholars on this issue.
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Of course, there is also disagreement, at timesprofounddisagreementand controversy within theology itself surrounding what constitutes ' fruitful, authentic lines of theological enquiry' or orthodox beliefs.
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That is where we are inprofounddisagreementwith some of the proposals.
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We finish where we started: withprofounddisagreementon both sides and with no ground gained—or lost, for that matter.
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This is a subject ofprofounddisagreementand misunderstanding.
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We are, accordingly, faced withprofounddisagreement, even about the very principle underlying this part of the committee's report.
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However, there isprofounddisagreementin relation to the range of the audit.
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Economists disagree about most things, and there is asprofounddisagreementamongst them concerning the ratio between investment and growth as there is about almost any other contentious economic point.
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Although everyone is in agreement on the need for a bypass, there isprofounddisagreementon the merits of the southern route as compared with the northern route.
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At a deeper level there wasprofounddisagreementabout inclusiveness in the new state.
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Even though we may have profound disagreements, where we believe that dialogue can produce benefits, we have followed a policy of critical engagement.
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There are profound disagreements about that.
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