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Definition: Dissent |
DissentNoun1. (law) the difference of one judge's opinion from that of the majority; "he expressed his dissent in a contrary opinion". 2. A difference of opinion. 3. The act of protesting; a public (often organized) manifestation of dissent. Verb1. Withhold assent; "Several Republicans dissented". 2. Fight back, also metaphorically: "His body protested against the harsh training". 3. Be of different opinions; "I beg to differ!"; "She disagrees with her husband on many questions". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "dissent" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references) |
Synonyms: DissentSynonyms: objection (n), differ (v), disagree (v), protest (v), resist (v), take issue (v). (additional references) |
| Antonyms: agree (v), assent (v). (additional references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
See also civil disobedience, whistleblower, faction, spin-off, Noam Chomsky.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Dissent."
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Discontent | Noun: discontent, discontentment; dissatisfaction; dissent. |
Discord | Variance, difference, dissension, misunderstanding, cross purposes, odds, brouillerie; division, split, rupture, disruption, division in the camp, house divided against itself, disunion, breach; schism; (dissent); feud, faction. |
Verb: be discordant; Adjective: disagree, come amiss; clash, jar, jostle, pull different ways, conflict, have no measures with, misunderstand one another; live like cat and dog; differ; dissent; have a bone to pick, have a crow to pluck with. | |
Dissent | Verb: dissent, demur; call in question; (doubt); differ in opinion, disagree; say no; refuse assent, refuse to admit; cavil, protest, raise one's voice against, repudiate; contradict; (deny). |
Noun: dissent; discordance; (disagreement); difference diversity of opinion. | |
Heterodoxy | Hyperorthodoxy, precisianism, bibliolatry, sabbatarianism, puritanism; anthropomorphism; idolatry; superstition; (credulity); dissent. |
Refusal | Resist, cross; not grant; repel, repulse, shut the door in one's face, slam the door in one's face; rebuff; send back, send to the right about, send away with a flea in the ear; deny oneself, not be at home to; discard, spurn; (repudiate); rescind; (revoke); disclaim, protest; dissent. |
Recusancy, abnegation, protest, disclaimer; dissent; revocation. | |
Unbelief Doubt | Verb: disbelieve, discredit; not believe; misbelieve; refuse to admit; (dissent); refuse to believe; (incredulity). |
Noun: unbelief, disbelief, misbelief; discredit, miscreance; infidelity; (irreligion); dissent; change of opinion; retraction. | |
Unwillingness | Oppose; dissent; refuse. |
Averseness; (dislike); dissent; refusal. | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Dissent |
| English words defined with "dissent": Disassent, Discosent, Dissented, Dissentiate ♦ nem con, nemine contradicente, Nonconcur ♦ object, objection ♦ protest ♦ unanimously. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "dissent": IMPALE ♦ Le Roi le Veut ♦ Mace ♦ tortoise ♦ Zenith. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "dissent": Discosent, Dissension, Dissentiate, Dissentient. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | Advice and Dissent (2002) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | General Westmoreland is trying to stifle dissent. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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J. William Fulbright | In a democracy dissent is an act of faith. Like medicine, the test of its value is not in its taste, but its effects. |
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Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | No such amendment shall bind any Member of the League which signifies its dissent therefrom, but in that case it shall cease to be a Memb,er of the League. (reference) |
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Business | Those activities viewed as vehicles for political dissent, however, are not tolerated and are promptly and forcibly suppressed. (references) | |
At the same time, however, political dissent as well as social problems such as inflation, urban migration, and prostitution emerged. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Tunisia | The presence of police on campuses also discouraged dissent. (references) |
Korea | Broad interpretations of the NSL allow for restrictions on peaceful dissent. (references) | |
Cuba | Local CDR's inhibited freedom of speech by monitoring and reporting dissent or criticism. (references) | |
Economic History | Qatar | These facts combine to limit dissent. (references) |
Libya | Despite these measures, internal dissent continues. (references) | |
Vietnam | The long-standing policy of the government of Vietnam has been not to tolerate political dissent. (references) | |
Human Rights | Malaysia | The ISA, and the threat of invoking the ISA, also are used to intimidate and restrict political dissent. (references) |
Iran | The UNSR also reported rumors suggesting that there were more than 80 murders or disappearances over a 10-year period as part of a wider campaign to silence dissent. (references) | |
Iraq | Special security courts have jurisdiction in all cases involving espionage and treason, peaceful political dissent, smuggling, currency exchange violations, and drug trafficking. (references) | |
Political Economy | India | In India, enormous social diversity and democracy give rise to many voices of dissent. (references) |
Guinea-Bissau | There was dissent within the PRS. President Yala tried to justify his actions as constitutional and intended to preserve political stability. (references) | |
Vietnam | The Party and the government have a long-standing policy of not tolerating open dissent and of prohibiting independent political and labor organizations. (references) | |
Political Rights | Libya | Qadhafi established the Revolutionary Committees in 1977. These bodies consist primarily of youths who guard against political dissent. (references) |
Saudi Arabia | The IRM implicitly condoned the two terrorist attacks as well, arguing that they were a natural outgrowth of a political system that does not tolerate peaceful dissent. (references) | |
Malaysia | However, after the removal of Deputy Prime Minister Anwar in 1998, intolerance of dissent within UMNO increased, and an extraordinary UMNO Assembly in 1998 approved a series of measures designed to limit independent grassroots initiatives. (references) | |
Worker Rights | China | Activities viewed as vehicles for political dissent, including celebration of some religious festivals, were not tolerated and were quickly and forcibly suppressed. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | TORTOISE, n. A creature thoughtfully created to supply occasion for the following lines by the illustrious Ambat Delaso: TO MY PET TORTOISE My friend, you are not graceful -- not at all; Your gait's between a stagger and a sprawl. Nor are you beautiful: your head's a snake's To look at, and I do not doubt it aches. As to your feet, they'd make an angel weep. 'Tis true you take them in whene'er you sleep. No, you're not pretty, but you have, I own, A certain firmness -- mostly you're [sic] backbone. Firmness and strength (you have a giant's thews) Are virtues that the great know how to use -- I wish that they did not; yet, on the whole, You lack -- excuse my mentioning it -- Soul. So, to be candid, unreserved and true, I'd rather you were I than I were you. Perhaps, however, in a time to be, When Man's extinct, a better world may see Your progeny in power and control, Due to the genesis and growth of Soul. So I salute you as a reptile grand Predestined to regenerate the land. Father of Possibilities, O deign To accept the homage of a dying reign! In the far region of the unforeknown I dream a tortoise upon every throne. I see an Emperor his head withdraw Into his carapace for fear of Law; A King who carries something else than fat, Howe'er acceptably he carries that; A President not strenuously bent On punishment of audible dissent -- Who never shot (it were a vain attack) An armed or unarmed tortoise in the back; Subject and citizens that feel no need To make the March of Mind a wild stampede; All progress slow, contemplative, sedate, And "Take your time" the word, in Church and State. O Tortoise, 'tis a happy, happy dream, My glorious testudinous regime! I wish in Eden you'd brought this about By slouching in and chasing Adam out. |
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Rush Limbaugh | While channel surfing after the big Supreme Court decision, I noticed that the media was focusing almost exclusively on the dissent of the court. |
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George Bush | 1989-1993 | Democracy brings the undeniable value of thoughtful dissent, and we have heard some dissenting voices here at home, some reckless, most responsible. |
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| "Dissent" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 87.92% of the time. "Dissent" is used about 479 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 87.92% | 422 | 13,494 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 10% | 48 | 49,194 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 2.08% | 10 | 111,207 |
| Total | 100.00% | 479 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
dissent | 26 |
dissent magazine | 9 |
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dissent scalias | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "dissent"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | disidencë (dissidence), nuk pajtohem (differ, disagree, jar), mospajtim (contradiction, difference, disagreement, discrepancy, disparity, dissidence, dissonance, disunion, incongruity, non-compliance), mospërputhje mendimesh (discord), kam tjetër mendim, bëhem disident. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | معارضة (contraposition, contrariness, disagreement, dissension, objection, opposition), مخالفة (breach, contravention, disagreement, infraction, infringement, misdemeanor, misdemeanour, transgression, violation), عارض (adventitious, disagree, discountenance, exhibitor, join issue with, mind, negative, nix, not to hold with, object, oppose, part company, precarious, protest, take issue wit), خالف (be at odds with, fly in the face of, gainsay, infringe, transgress), خرج عن, إنشقاق (cleavage, desertion, dissepiment, dissidence, fissure, rent, schism, scission, separation, split, split up, splitting), إنشق على. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | ставам сектант, сектантство (nonconformity, partisanship, sectarianism), разкол (disruption, dissidence, faction, schism, secessionism, split), разногласие (difference, difficulty, disaccord, disagreement, discord, disharmony, dissension, dissidence, disunion, division, faction, issue, variance), отцепничество (dissidence, secessionism, separatism), отклонявам се (break, depart, deviate, digress, diverge, dodge, oblique, part, run off, stray, swerve, swing, take off, turn aside, turn off, wander), несъгласие (clash, discord, discrepancy, disharmony, jar, non-compliance, odds, rent, split, unwillingness, variance), не се съгласявам (differ). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 異議 (objection), 持异议. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | disent, rùznost názorù, nesouhlasit (be at odds with, disaccord, disagree, disapprove, discommend, discountenance, object), být nekonformní. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | نفاق داشتن , جداشدن (Part), اختلاف عقیده داشتن . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | dissentiment (disagreement). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | anderer meinung sein (disagree, to dissent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | διαφωνία (argument, difference, disagreement, discord, dispute, dissension, dissidence, exchange, non conformity, variance). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | לחלוק על (be at odds with, differ, disagree, dispute, impugn, join issue with, oppose, part company, take issue with), פריש" (abstinence, departure, retirement, seclusion, separation), חלוקי "עות (difference, disagreement, discord, dissension). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | véleményeltérés, eltérő vélemény. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | tak setuju, perbedaan (chasm, contradiction, contrariety, contrast, difference, differentiation, discrimination, disparity, dissidence, distinction, divergence, diverification, variation), menolak (decry, override, refuse). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | dissentire (differ, disagree), dissentimento, dissenso (difference of opinion, disagreement, dissension, disservice), discordare (be discordant, clash, differ, disagree, jar). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 異議 (objection, protest), 不承認 (disapproval, veto), 不承諾 (disagreement, disapproval, objection, refusal), 不承知 (disagreement, disapproval, objection, refusal), 不承 (disagreement, disapproval, objection, refusal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ふしょうに" (disapproval, veto), ふしょうち (disagreement, disapproval, objection, refusal), ふしょう く (disagreement, disapproval, objection, refusal), ふしょう (disagreement, disapproval, disgraceful, ill-omened, inauspicious, incompetent, injury, my humble self, my unworthy self, objection, ominous, refusal, scandalous, unidentified, unknown, wound, your humble servant), いぎ (different meaning, dignified manner, dignity, majesty, meaning, objection, protest, significance). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | streeuailtys (antagonism, contention, contentiousness, discord, pugnacity), meechoardailys (clashing, disagreeableness, disagreement, discord, imcompatibility, variance), meechoardail (disagree, disagreement), jiooldey (cast off, deny, disclaim, dismiss, disown, eliminate, exclude, negate, negation, negative, refuse, reject, rejection, renouncement, repudiate, repudiation, spurn, traverse), jiooldaghey (non-acceptance, renunciation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | issentday divergência (contrariety, deviation, difference, disagreement, discrepant, dispart, dissemblance, dissident, dissonant, divarication, divergency, divergent, earmark, impark, variance), dissidência (dissidence, schism, secession), dissentir, dissensão (dissension). (various references) disidenţã (difference, dissidence), se despãrţi de bisericã, pãrere diferitã, nu fi de acord cu (discommend), avea o altã pãrere. (various references) сектантство (sectarianism, sectionalism), расходиться в убеждениях, разногласие (difference, disaccord, disagreement, discord, discordance, dissension, dissidence, division, variance). (various references) razilaženje (breaking up, fall out), neslaganje (controversy, disagreement, discordance, dissidence, divergence, divergency), ne slagati se (disagree, discord, hold: not to hold with, take issue with, variance: be at variance). (various references) disentimiento. (various references) skillnad i åsikter, skilja sig i åsikter, meningsskiljaktighet (difference, disagreement, dissension, dissidence, diversity of opinion), ha annan mening, avvika från statskyrkan. (various references) düşünce ayrılığı, muhalif olmak, muhalefet (contrariety, defiance, dissension, dissidence, hostility, opposition, oppositional, out, the outs), karşıt düşüncede olma, karşı olmak (be against, be down on smb., be opposed to, face, front, front on to, go against, go counter to, impugn, oppose, set against, weigh against smb.), farklı düşünmek, anglikan kilisesine karşı olma, anglikan kilisesinden ayrılmak. (various references) сектанство, розходитися в поглядах, відмова від згоди, незгода (breach, contention, disaccord, disagreement, discord, discrepancy, dissension, dissidence, negative, non-compliance), бути розкольником. (various references) sự không quy phục nh thờ chính thống, sự bất đ"ng quan điểm (dissidence). (various references) anghydsynio (disagree). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | dissentiat, dissentire. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "dissent": dissented, dissenter, dissenters, dissentient, dissentients, dissenting, dissention, dissentions, dissentious, dissents. (additional references) | |
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"Dissent" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: dansent, Dasent, Dassin, desent, Dessein, dessend, dessent, disait, disant, discent, diseet, disegni, Disegno, disen, disse, Dissen, disson, distent, dizzen, dosent, dossent, dosset, Driessen, dssent, dssun, dysen, Lissett, odyssean. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "dissent" (pronounced di'se"nt) |
| 4 | -s e" n t | accent, ascent, assent, cent, consent, descent, percent, scent, sent. |
| 3 | -e" n t | augment, bent, Brent, cement, circumvent, Dement, Dent, discontent, event, extent, ferment, gent, indent, intent, invent, Kent, lament, lent, malcontent, meant, misrepresent, misspent, nonevent, occident, outspent, overspent, pent, prevent, reinvent, relent, rent, repent, represent, resent, spent, tent, underwent, unspent, vent, went. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: snidest. | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-i-n-s-s-t" | |
-1 letter: deists, desist, insets, steins, teinds. | |
-2 letters: deist, dents, diets, dines, dints, dites, edits, inset, neist, nests, nides, nites, sends, senti, sides, sines, sited, sites, sneds, snide, snits, stein, stied, sties, teind, tends, tides, tined, tines. | |
-3 letters: deni, dens, dent, dies, diet, dine, dins, dint, diss, dite, dits, edit, ends, ides, ness, nest, nets. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-i-n-s-s-t" | |
+1 letter: dentists, destains, destines, dissents, distends, insisted, mindsets, mistends, sandiest, stipends, tidiness. | |
+2 letters: andesites, consisted, demonists, densities, desisting, destinies, dirtiness, dishonest, disinfest, disinters, disinvest, dissented, dissenter, dissident, distances, disunites, dottiness, dustiness, dynasties, fetidness, hedonists, residents, sanitised, sedations, sediments, seditions, staidness, steadings, stonished, sustained, tardiness, tepidness, timidness, tiredness, tundishes, witnessed. | |
+3 letters: adenitises, adroitness, astonished, bastinades, daintiness, dawsonites, denturists, desertions, desiccants, designates, desistance, dianthuses, digestions, diluteness, directness, disentails, dishonesty, disinfects, disinfests, disinvests, disinvites, dismantles, disorients, dispersant, disseating, dissecting, dissection, dissenters, dissenting, dissention, disserting, dissidents, dissolvent, distension, disunities, draftiness, dripstones, fantasised, giftedness, histidines, industries, intradoses, modernists, nightdress, nightsides, nodosities, outdesigns, presidents, seductions, sensitised, sensitized, signposted, spindliest, standishes, standpipes, steadiness, stinkweeds, stodginess, stridences, stupidness, sturdiness, syndicates, tawdriness, testudines, tidinesses, torridness, trendiness, turbidness, turgidness, tweediness, unassisted, unsteadies, untidiness. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 69 73 73 65 6E 74 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. .. ... ... . -. - |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01101001 01110011 01110011 01100101 01101110 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D i s s e n t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0069 0073 0073 0065 006E 0074 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)38758585718086 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Quotations: Familiar 8. Quotations: Historic | 9. Quotations: Non-fiction 10. Quotations: Spoken 11. Quotations: Speeches 12. Usage Frequency | 13. Expressions: Internet 14. Translations: Modern 15. Translations: Ancient 16. Derivations | 17. Rhymes 18. Anagrams 19. Orthography 20. Bibliography |
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