Meaning

4 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)Disagreement with the ideas, doctrines, decrees, etc. of a political party, government or religion.

    ethnopolitical dissent

    Dissens

    несогла́сиеnesoglásije, инакомы́слиеinakomýslije

  2. (countable, uncountable)An act of disagreeing with, or deviating from, the views and opinions of those holding authority.

    разногла́сиеraznoglásije, раско́лraskól

  3. (countable, uncountable)A separate opinion filed in a case by judges who disagree with the outcome of the majority of the court in that case

    (law) the difference of one judge's opinion from that of the majority

  4. (countable, uncountable)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.

Examples

16 sentences
  1. I dissent from what he said.

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  2. He dissented from the opinion of the majority.

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  3. My government continues to treat dissent as defection.

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  4. A real dictator would suppress any notion of dissent.

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  5. May we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
disagreement with the ideas of an authority:
act of disagreeing with an authority:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
disagreement with the ideas of an authority:

Origin

From Middle English dissenten, from Latin dissentiō, dissentīre (“to differ in sentiments,

From Middle English dissenten, from Latin dissentiō, dissentīre (“to differ in sentiments, disagree, be at odds, contradict, quarrel”), from dis- + sentiō, sentīre (see sense).

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Forms

plural: dissents
Singulardissent
Pluraldissents

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the act of protesting; a public (often organized) manifestation of dissent:protestobjection

Antonyms

4 antonyms
a disagreement with ideas etc. of authority:agreementB1assentconsensusB2capitulation

Word family

8 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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