dissentient
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
noun
Other Word Forms
- dissentience noun
- dissentiency noun
- dissentiently adverb
Etymology
Origin of dissentient
1615–25; < Latin dissentient- (stem of dissentiēns, present participle of dissentīre ), equivalent to dissenti- ( see dissent) + -ent- -ent
Example Sentences
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What I didn't predict was a fascinatingly dissentient argument from Julie Maroh, the author of the 2010 graphic novel Le Bleu Est Une Couleur Chaude on which the film is based.
From The Guardian • May 30, 2013
The 43 represent the dissentient voices from the Clyde.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Hardly a dissentient voice came from Methodists or Congregationalists.
From Time Magazine Archive
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There was a chorus of agreement with only one dissentient voice.
From "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie
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Even Pie of Poitiers is no longer altogether in accord with Manning and Deschamps, and Fessler said lately that a definition could not be carried against 80 dissentient votes.
From Letters From Rome on the Council by D?llinger, Johann Joseph Ignaz von
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