Definitions for dissent

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dissent dis·sent

Spelling: [dih-sent]

IPA: /dɪˈsɛnt/

Dissent is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 167 anagrams from letters in dissent (deinsst).

Definitions for dissent

noun

1. difference of sentiment or opinion.
2. dissenting opinion.
3. disagreement with the philosophy, methods, goals, etc., of a political party or government.
4. separation from an established church, especially the Church of England; nonconformity.

verb (used without object)

1. to differ in sentiment or opinion, especially from the majority; withhold assent; disagree (often followed by from):
2. to disagree with the methods, goals, etc., of a political party or government; take an opposing view.
3. to disagree with or reject the doctrines or authority of an established church.

Origin of dissent

1400-50; late Middle English dissenten (Middle French dissentir) Latin dissentīre, equivalent to dis- dis-¹ + sentīre to feel

Examples for dissent

In her dissent, Justice Ginsburg bristles at the majority's "decision of startling breadth."

As noted by Judge Martha Craig Daughtrey in dissent, this is an outrageous position.

Racial mistrust, military tactics against citizens, dissent quashed.

In other words, fluoride is a broad-spectrum, bipartisan, long-lasting magnet for dissent.

But as Justice Ginsberg pointed out in dissent, their causal nexus is so thin as to be basically nonexistent.

Graham fell in with the scheme without a murmur of dubiety or dissent.

And why, I said, do you neither assent nor dissent, Protagoras?

Roma withdrew her hand from the hand of the Pope and made an exclamation of dissent.

And to the class of opposites belong assent and dissent, desire and avoidance.

A murmur of dissent from the others drove him back into shy silence.