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die Auseinandersetzung (-en)  disagreement, argument, clash; debate, discussion (about, über + acc); examination, (critical) analysis (of, mit)

Damals gab es auch große Auseinandersetzungen.
At that time there were also serious disagreements.

Related: auseinander setzen (v.t.) to explain, set out (in writing), s. mit jdm auseinander setzen (v.r.) to talk/argue with s.o., auseinander (adv.) apart, separated; one from the other, (in relation) to one another

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