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Definition
a large and deep and steep-sided opening on the earth's surface; or (more rarely) any large gap
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a very large difference — often of opinion
or:
a very large difference — often of opinion
- Since then a new adjustment of relations in economic and political affairs has grown up,—an adjustment subtle and difficult to grasp, yet singularly ingenious, which leaves still that frightful chasm at the color-line across which men pass at their peril.Chapter 6 (37% in)
- He marches briskly up to it, peers into the chasm in a surprised sort of way, and rubs his feelers reflectively; then he essays its depths, and, finding it bottomless, draws back again.Chapter 12 (67% in)
There are no more uses of "chasm" in The Souls of Black Folk.
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