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- ( 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
Hardly a dissentient voice came from Methodists or Congregationalists.
From Time Magazine Archive
The 43 represent the dissentient voices from the Clyde.
From Time Magazine Archive
There was a chorus of agreement with only one dissentient voice.
From "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie
There was no dissentient voice in the verdict that she had greatly changed.
From The Adventures of a Widow A Novel by Fawcett, Edgar
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