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Definition of Dissentious
1. Adjective. Dissenting (especially dissenting with the majority opinion).
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
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Definition of Dissentious
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dissentious
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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