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dissent
/dɪˈsɛnt/
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What does dissent mean?
verb
- To disagree; to withhold assent. Construed with from (or, formerly, to).
- To differ from, especially in opinion, beliefs, etc.
noun
- Disagreement with the ideas, doctrines, decrees, etc. of a political party, government or religion.
More meanings (4)
noun
- An act of disagreeing with, or deviating from, the views and opinions of those holding authority.
- A separate opinion filed in a case by judges who disagree with the outcome of the majority of the court in that case
- A violation that arises when disagreement with an official call is expressed in an inappropriate manner such as foul language, rude gestures, or failure to comply.
verb
- (obsolete) To be different; to have contrary characteristics.
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IPA pronunciation
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The colonial bishops are despots in their own churches, and there is no escape from their tyranny but by dissent.
I am delighted, Thrasymachus, to see you not only nodding assent and dissent, but making answers which are quite excellent.
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While geologists have, nearly without exception, strongly supported Darwin's views, the notes of dissent have come almost entirely from zoologists.
And strange to say, the Greeks themselves do not attempt to disturb this general unanimity of opinion by an dissent on their part.
I dissent quite from what you say of the myriads of years it would take to people the world with such imagined protozoon.