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Synonyms for dissent
dɪˈsɛntdis·sent
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
Princeton's WordNet
dissentnoun
(law) the difference of one judge's opinion from that of the majority
"he expressed his dissent in a contrary opinion"
dissentnoun
a difference of opinion
protest, objection, dissentverb
the act of protesting; a public (often organized) manifestation of dissent
Synonyms:
protest, remonstrance, remonstration, objection, protestation, expostulationdissentverb
withhold assent
"Several Republicans dissented"
Synonyms:
differ, resist, protest, take issue, disagreeprotest, resist, dissentverb
express opposition through action or words
"dissent to the laws of the country"
Synonyms:
baulk, reject, stand, disagree, resist, hold out, fend, withstand, balk, take issue, jib, stand firm, defy, refuse, protest, differdisagree, differ, dissent, take issueverb
be of different opinions
"I beg to differ!"; "She disagrees with her husband on many questions"
Synonyms:
differ, disaccord, protest, discord, resist, disagree, take issue
Matched Categories
Dictionary of English Synonymes
dissentverb
Synonyms:
withhold assent, refuse to agreedissentnoun
Synonyms:
disagreement, difference of opinion
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
dissentnoun
Synonyms:
dissension, disagreement, variance, nonconformity, dissidence
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "dissent":
dissidence, dissension, disagreement, dissenting, opposition, disapproval, discord, discrepancy, dissident, discontent, dissatisfaction
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1778 | stand | |
#5349 | opposition | |
#5615 | decline | |
#5676 | dispute | |
#6074 | differ | |
#7148 | protest | |
#7297 | disagree | |
#7367 | refuse | |
#7851 | deny | |
#8574 | reject | |
#9957 | resist | |
#12100 | objection | |
#12242 | oppose | |
#17195 | dissent | |
#18900 | disagreement | |
#19121 | withstand | |
#20325 | contend | |
#21656 | discrepancy | |
#25799 | dissenting | |
#27687 | dissatisfaction | |
#27874 | contradict | |
#29907 | defy | |
#32460 | discontent | |
#32649 | disapproval | |
#34464 | dissident | |
#39509 | jib | |
#40564 | fend | |
#42082 | discord | |
#53908 | balk | |
#78005 | dissension | |
#129495 | remonstrance | |
#157222 | demur | |
#175770 | dissidence | |
#197935 | baulk | |
#224968 | expostulation | |
#225678 | protestation |
How to use dissent in a sentence?
At this hour, our democracy's under unprecedented assault, unlike anything we've seen in modern times. An assault on the citadel of liberty, the Capitol itself, this is not dissent, it's disorder. It's chaos. It borders on sedition, and it must end now. I call on this mob to pull back and allow the work of democracy to go forward.
Winning elections keeps people together, losing causes dissent.
Any time Judge Garland disagrees, you know you're in a difficult area, and the function of his dissent, to make us focus on what we were deciding and to make sure that we felt we were doing the right thing, I think was well-served. But Judge Garland disagreed, and so it's obviously, to me, a case on which reasonable judges can disagree.
The government must end the persistent repression of dissent and the ongoing pattern of arbitrary arrests and refrain from criminalizing and attacking human rights defenders, political opponents and any other dissenting voices.
We have made multiple good faith attempts to find common ground so we could see this critical piece of information. Unfortunately, Secretary Blinken has refused to provide the Dissent Cable and his response to the cable, forcing me to issue my first subpoena as chairman of this committee.
Translations for dissent
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- معارArabic
- разногласие, разкол, не се съгласявам, несъгласиеBulgarian
- dissentierenGerman
- αντίρρησηGreek
- disensión, discrepar, disentirSpanish
- olla eri mieltä, toisinajatteluFinnish
- mì-chòrd, eas-aontaScottish Gaelic
- मतभेदHindi
- discrepare, disconvenire, dissentire, divergereItalian
- afwijking van mening, van mening verschillenDutch
- buntPolish
- dissentir, discordarPortuguese
- инакомыслие, несогласие, во, расходиться, раскол, разногласиеRussian
- ไม่เห็นด้วยThai
- ІнакомисленняUkrainian
- 异议Chinese
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