English language
Toggle Transcript
dissent::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | differ, disagree, take issue |
| Has types | negate, contradict, contravene, clash |
| Derivation | dissension, dissenter, dissentient |
dissent::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | objection, protest |
| Type of | resistance |
| Has types | demonstration, walkout, direct action, boycott, manifestation |
dissent::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | protest, resist |
| Type of | oppose, contradict, controvert |
| Has types | walk out, arise, demonstrate, march, rebel, renegade, rise, rise up, strike |
| Derivation | dissenter, dissentient |
dissent to the laws of the country.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | disagreement |
dissent::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | objection |
| Derivation | dissentious |
he expressed his dissent in a contrary opinion.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | take issue, differ, disagree |
| Derivation | dissentient |
Several Republicans dissented.
Examples of dissent
dissent
It is a generous text, large enough for diversity and robust enough for dissent.
From the independent.co.uk
Dissent of any kind, let alone revolutionary change, was nowhere on the horizon.
From the newscientist.com
Vietnam has been accused of suppressing political dissent and religious freedom.
From the bbc.co.uk
Syria's Bashar Assad, so the consensus held, would keep a brutal lid on dissent.
From the economist.com
Salvation is replete with cynical simulations of innocence, freedom and dissent.
From the time.com
There has obviously been no mention of the Internet's potential use for dissent.
From the businessweek.com
With the government crackdown on dissent, that attitude appears to have changed.
From the washingtontimes.com
Their purpose is to stamp out heretics who dissent from the single-payer gospel.
From the dispatchpolitics.com
The dissent was read hesitantly by Stevens, the court's longest-serving justice.
From the washingtonpost.com
- (law) the difference of one judge's opinion from that of the majority; "he expressed his dissent in a contrary opinion"
- Withhold assent; "Several Republicans dissented"
- Protest: express opposition through action or words; "dissent to the laws of the country"
- Protest: the act of protesting; a public (often organized) manifestation of dissent
- Disagree: be of different opinions; "I beg to differ!"; "She disagrees with her husband on many questions"
- (dissenting) dissentient: disagreeing, especially with a majority
- Dissent is an EP by Maryland deathgrind band Misery Index.
- Dissent is a quarterly magazine focusing on politics and culture edited by Michael Walzer and Michael Kazin. The magazine is published for the Foundation for the Study of Independent Social Ideas, Inc by the University of Pennsylvania Press.
- Dissent! is the name taken for an international network of local groups, which came together to organise opposition to the G8 summit held in Gleneagles Hotel, Perthshire, Scotland in July 2005. ...
