[
UK
/dˈɪsɪdəns/
]
[ US /ˈdɪsədəns/ ]
[ US /ˈdɪsədəns/ ]
NOUN
- disagreement; especially disagreement with the government
How To Use dissidence In A Sentence
- The level of dissidence is always a function of how tough the regime is.
- Dissidence, even active, is not war and the normal criminal and civil codes of law still apply.
- Meanwhile, the centre said, a large contingent of People's Armed Police (PAP) has been deployed in Drango County to crush any kind of dissidence and protest. Phayul Latest News
- Abdallah Abu Rahma has been in detention, torn away from his wife, three children and the young students he could be teaching, because Israel has apparently decided that civic activism, nonviolent protest or any kind of dissidence in Palestine is illegal. Haaretz.com headlines RSS
- The touch of "dissidence" in their opinions, if I can use the term here, made them altogether attractive—it made them sexy in all senses.
- The space for dissidence, previously tiny, is now extinct.
- They do not know what the word dissidence means, they would not know the meaning of this word. [laughter] Then, they built up their campaign around this idea and of course, first it was the imperialist press and then, as can be imagined, the reactionary and rightist press against socialism, against communism, against the Cuban revolution. MAY DAY RALLY
- Another essence of Chinese traditional culture is the virtue of tolerance, which advocates for tolerance of the dissidence and civilization of alien nature.
- There seems to me, at least, to be some dissidence, if you will, in this.
- For many people, it was a ‘wake-up call, ‘which has led to considerable openness, concern, skepticism, and dissidence.’