Definition of Dissentious

1. Adjective. Dissenting (especially dissenting with the majority opinion).

Exact synonyms: Divisive, Factious
Similar to: Discordant
Derivative terms: Dissent, Faction

Definition of Dissentious

1. a. Marked by dissensions; apt to breed discord; quarrelsome; contentious; factious.

Definition of Dissentious

1. Adjective. Marked by dissensions; contentious ¹

2. Adjective. dissenting ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dissentious

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dissentious

dissentany
dissentation
dissentations
dissented
dissenter
dissenterism
dissenters
dissentient
dissentients
dissenting
dissenting(a)
dissenting opinion
dissentingly
dissention
dissentions
dissentious (current term)
dissentiously
dissentive
dissents
dissepiment
dissepiments
dissert
dissertate
dissertated
dissertates
dissertating
dissertation
dissertational
dissertationist
dissertationists

Literary usage of Dissentious

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"... sectary, heretic, infidel. dissentient, a. disagreeing (contextual), dissenting, dissentious, ... Antonyms: see AGREEING. dissentious, ..."

2. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"In a manner criminally dissentious or tumultuous. FACTIOUSNESS, (fak'-she-ns-nes) ni Inclination to publick ..."

3. The New Constitutions of Europe by Howard Lee McBain, Lindsay Rogers (1922)
"dissentious political history Austrian Constitution of 1867 Apart from the ... It is unnecessary to review here the dissentious political history of Austria ..."

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