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Definition of Dissent
1. Verb. Withhold assent. "Several Republicans dissented"
2. Noun. (law) the difference of one judge's opinion from that of the majority. "He expressed his dissent in a contrary opinion"
3. Verb. Express opposition through action or words. "Dissent to the laws of the country"
Generic synonyms: Contradict, Controvert, Oppose
Specialized synonyms: Strike, Walk Out, Demonstrate, March, Arise, Rebel, Rise, Rise Up, Rebel, Renegade
Derivative terms: Dissenter, Dissentient, Protest, Protestant, Protester, Protester, Resistant, Resistive
4. Noun. A difference of opinion.
5. Verb. Be of different opinions. "She disagrees with her husband on many questions"
Specialized synonyms: Clash, Contradict, Contravene, Negate
Derivative terms: Difference, Disagreement, Disagreement, Dissension, Dissension, Dissenter, Dissentient
Antonyms: Agree
6. Noun. The act of protesting; a public (often organized) manifestation of dissent.
Specialized synonyms: Boycott, Direct Action, Demonstration, Manifestation, Walkout
Generic synonyms: Resistance
Derivative terms: Object, Object, Protest
Definition of Dissent
1. v. i. To differ in opinion; to be of unlike or contrary sentiment; to disagree; -- followed by from.
2. n. The act of dissenting; difference of opinion; refusal to adopt something proposed; nonagreement, nonconcurrence, or disagreement.
Definition of Dissent
1. Verb. (intransitive) To disagree; to withhold assent. Construed with ''from'' (or, formerly, ''to''). ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive) To differ ''from'', especially in opinion, beliefs, etc. ¹
3. Noun. Disagreement with the ideas, doctrines, decrees, etc. of a political party, government or religion. ¹
4. Noun. An act of disagreeing with, or deviating from, the views and opinions of those holding authority. ¹
5. Noun. (context: Anglo-American common law) A separate opinion filed in a case by judges who disagree with the outcome of the majority of the court in that case ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dissent
1. to disagree [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: disagree
Medical Definition of Dissent
1. 1. To differ in opinion; to be of unlike or contrary sentiment; to disagree; followed by from. "The bill passed . . . Without a dissenting voice." (Hallam) "Opinions in which multitudes of men dissent from us." (Addison) 2. To differ from an established church in regard to doctrines, rites, or government. 3. To differ; to be of a contrary nature. Origin: L. Dissentire, dissentum; dis- + sentire to feel, think. See Sense. 1. The act of dissenting; difference of opinion; refusal to adopt something proposed; nonagreement, nonconcurrence, or disagreement. "The dissent of no small number [of peers] is frequently recorded." (Hallam) 2. Separation from an established church, especially that of England; nonconformity. "It is the dissidence of dissent and the protestantism of the Protestant religion." (Burke) 3. Contrariety of nature; diversity in quality. "The dissent of the metals." (Bacon) Synonym: Disagreement, variance, difference, nonconcurrence, nonconformity. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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Literary usage of Dissent
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cambridge History of English Literature by Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller (1913)
"CHAPTER XVI THE LITERATURE OF dissent 1660—1760 THE narrowness of intellectual
life and sterility of spiritual life which fell upon the dissenting churches ..."
2. The Constitutional History of England Since the Accession of George the by Thomas Erskine May (1882)
"The later history of dissent, — of its rapid growth statistics of an(J development
... dissent received no succour or encouragement from the state ; and its ..."
3. The Constitutional History of England Since the Accession of George the by Thomas Erskine May (1875)
"Such having been the progress of the church, Progress of what have been the
advances of dissent ? dissent- We have seen how wide a field lay open to the ..."
4. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1910)
"except ATKINSON and HOLDEN, JJ., who dissent. HOLDEN, J. The writer cannot agree
to the ruling made in the first headnote and first division of the opinion ..."
5. Observations on Man, His Frame, His Duty, and His Expectations by David Hartley (1834)
"To explain the Nature of Assent and dissent, and to shew from what Causes ...
IT appears, from the whole tenor of the last Section, that assent and dissent, ..."
6. The Contemporary Review (1878)
"PRINCIPAL TULLOCH'S "DOGMATISM dissent." I. OF I HAVE been asked to point out
what I find mistaken in Principal Tulloch's paper on the " Dogmatism of ..."
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