[ US /dɪˈsɛnt/ ]
[ UK /dɪsˈɛnt/ ]
VERB
  1. express opposition through action or words
    dissent to the laws of the country
  2. withhold assent
    Several Republicans dissented
  3. be of different opinions
    She disagrees with her husband on many questions
    I beg to differ!
NOUN
  1. a difference of opinion
  2. the act of protesting; a public (often organized) manifestation of dissent
  3. (law) the difference of one judge's opinion from that of the majority
    he expressed his dissent in a contrary opinion
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How To Use dissent In A Sentence

  • 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). GreenCine Daily
  • Their readings have roots in and derive their stimulus from historical and political schema of dissent outlined in the biblical narratives.
  • Andrews assumes that the lyric poet's freedom to dissent is only the freedom to say ‘yes’ to the American ideology - individualism.
  • Its political culture, once fiercely democratic, is being eroded by a manipulated, bureaucratic legalism that identifies dissent as disloyalty.
  • In such instances, dissenters have a chance to go beyond a statement of what they, in theory, would do on an issue.
  • In those days, religious dissent was not tolerated.
  • Without the change, dissenters could argue that, given the Senate numbers, compromise was essential.
  • What we should not do is suppress dissent, close off argument and condemn those who question the standard line as heretics.
  • But the mood has been building for several years, diffused through a host of single issue campaigns, through numerous signs of dissent and discontentment.
  • Although voices of dissent are being heard, there is no sign of the supermodel phenomenon abating in the near future.
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