dissenting

dis·sent·ing

adj, often capitalized \di-ˈsen-tiŋ\

Definition of DISSENTING

: of or relating to the English Nonconformists <a dissenting church> <dissenting merchants>

Examples of DISSENTING

1. <dissenting views were ruthlessly suppressed under the dictatorship>

First Known Use of DISSENTING

1644

Related to DISSENTING

Synonyms: dissentient, heretical, dissident, heterodox, iconoclastic, maverick, nonconformist, nonorthodox, out-there, unconventional, unorthodox

Antonyms: conforming, conformist, conventional, orthodox

Related Words: free-spirited, freethinking, nontraditional; apostate, defecting, renegade; schismatic (also schismatical), sectarian, separatist

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