dissent vs decent vs descent
Definitions
verb
- express opposition through action or words
- withhold assent
- be of different opinions
noun
- a difference of opinion
- the act of protesting; a public (often organized) manifestation of dissent
- (law) the difference of one judge's opinion from that of the majority
Examples
Its political culture, once fiercely democratic, is being eroded by a manipulated, bureaucratic legalism that identifies dissent as disloyalty.
Baffler editors have called commodification of dissent stretches back to Adorno and Horkheimer's Dialectic of Enlightenment and is alive and well in what he calls the "alienation market" in which films like Fahrenheit 9 / 11 either already have or are destined to make bundles (relatively speaking, of course).
Their readings have roots in and derive their stimulus from historical and political schema of dissent outlined in the biblical narratives.
Definitions
adjective
- observing conventional sexual mores in speech or behavior or dress
- socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous
- in harmony with the spirit of particular persons or occasion
- conforming to conventions of sexual behavior
- sufficiently clothed to see visitors or appear in public
adverb
- in the right manner; correctly; suitably
Examples
Hopefully, North Norfolk will soon shake off this surreal obsession with the Lib Dems and embrace their NE Cambs neighbour's decent Tory stance.
The major problem is punters here expect a diet of top-class football along with decent grub.
Fred Wye seemed like a decent sort of cuss, Peter thought, too bad his brother wasn't more like him.
Definitions
noun
- the act of changing your location in a downward direction
- a movement downward
- the descendants of one individual
- the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors
- a downward slope or bend
Examples
You see that you're undershooting and so, leaving the throttle as is, you attempt to flatten your descent path by lifting the nose a bit - and you enter the region of reverse command.
Under the crystal bright light of a full moon their blue marble shined, iridescent.
The fresher your mackerel the better - look for glassy eyes and bright, iridescent skin.
