1
as in discord
a lack of agreement or harmony
considerable dissent within the party's rank and file
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2
as in dissidence
departure from a generally accepted theory, opinion, or practice
the church reacted to any form of dissent by promptly excommunicating its proponents
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as in to disagree
to have a different opinion
anyone who dissented was encouraged to speak out while they had the chance
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Recent Examples of dissent
Dan Horn, Cincinnati Enquirer, 6 Jan. 2026
What remains clear is that the underlying forces driving dissent have not disappeared.
—Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2026
Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 23 Dec. 2025
Justices Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch dissented.
—Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 23 Dec. 2025
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Noun
Chavez was cracking down on dissent, and his economic policies were ruining her family’s chicken processing business, Presti said.
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Three of the court’s six conservatives – Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch – dissented.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for dissent
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But when her latest husband, discord spirit Raksh, provokes the council’s wrath, Amina must clean up his blunder, contend with Marjana’s demands for the truth…and figure out who on her crew is plotting a mutiny.—
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Turning Point spokesperson Andrew Kolvet framed the discord as a healthy debate about the future of the movement, an uncomfortable but necessary process of finding consensus.—
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And dissidence and utopianism, new ways of life, other—othered—ethnicities, and hybrid identities were universally amenable.—
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Some Democrats have praised Greene’s dissidence against Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.).—
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Perhaps because of the nastiness of the attacks, Wiener tends toward a knee-jerk dismissal of people who disagree with him on these issues.—
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The future of democracy is going to depend on our ability to think critically and disagree civilly.—
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After more than a century of plunder and strife, under tyrants as diverse as King Leopold II of Belgium and Mobutu Sese Seko, the present-day DRC still occupies the dark heart of the continent in much of the world’s imagination.—
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Located in the Horn of Africa, Somalia is one of the world’s poorest nations and has been beset by chronic strife and insecurity exacerbated by multiple natural disasters, including severe droughts, for decades.—
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To purists who fantasize about the fullest possible immersion in the original text, creative adaptation of this sort sounds like heresy.—
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Throughout those two years of production, making the film became increasingly risky, as the Russian government cracked down on any heresy against its nationalistic agenda.—
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This airflow spins the rotator through surface friction alone.—
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The sneakers have a stretchy mesh upper material that provides airflow during activity and minimizes friction, according to the brand.—
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The gender nonconformity of the protagonists—all thinly disguised versions of Lee—is often obvious but never explicitly mentioned.—
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Gender nonconformity has never looked as hot as Tim Curry in a corset, garter and high heels, playing a character who encourages everyone to let their freak flag fly.—
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Authorities said the display was likely the result of a conflict between criminal groups operating in the area.—
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Calvo said the city’s contract with consulting firm NCGA LLC raises potential conflict-of-interest concerns.—
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“Dissent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dissent. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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