dissidence

[ dis-i-duhns ]

noun

1. disagreement:

   political dissidence.

Other Words From

• non·dissi·dence noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of dissidence¹

1650–60; < Latin dissidentia, equivalent to dissid- ( dissident ) + -entia -ence

Synonym Study

See dissent.

Example Sentences

He did so despite the noise and disruption from those few board members dedicated to bringing political disruption and dissidence into our public educational system.

From Washington Blade

There’s still dissidence and there’s still problems and there’s uneven recovery.

From Freakonomics

Saudi spies have secretly repatriated Saudi college students whom they accused of dissidence or Islamic extremism in the United States.

From ProPublica

But why would a group of hackers who pride themselves on dissidence develop such a conscience?

From The Daily Beast

Most of them are still in prison, and even the most timid signs of dissidence are relentlessly snuffed out.

From The Daily Beast

There have, however, been a few dissenters: and I venture to join myself to them in the very dissidence of their dissent.

From Project Gutenberg

So much is said nowadays about the dissidence of the spiritual and intellectual worlds.

From Project Gutenberg

That is how St. Paul describes the dissidence of dissent, as it was known to him by grievous experience.

From Project Gutenberg

He regarded heterodoxy as a power in itself, and took his inacquaintance with doctrines for a creative dissidence.

From Project Gutenberg

This is the just and honourable ground of that dissidence of feeling on the part of Talleyrand that culminated in desertion.

From Project Gutenberg