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dissentient

American  
[dih-sen-shuhnt] / dɪˈsɛn ʃənt /

adjective

  1. dissenting, especially from the opinion of the majority.


noun

  1. a person who dissents.

dissentient British  
/ dɪˈsɛnʃənt /

adjective

  1. dissenting, esp from the opinion of the majority

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a dissenter

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of dissentient

1615–25; < Latin dissentient- (stem of dissentiēns, present participle of dissentīre ), equivalent to dissenti- ( see dissent) + -ent- -ent


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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

South of the Potomac River, to the confines of Mexico, there is not one dissentient voice.

From Presidential Candidates: containing Sketches, Biographical, Personal and Political, of Prominent Candidates for the Presidency in 1860 by D. W. Bartlett

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