dissent

dissent

noun

Definition of DISSENT

1

a lack of agreement or harmony <considerable dissent within the party's rank and file>

Synonyms conflict, disaccord, discordance, discordancy, disharmony, dissension (also dissention), dissent, dissidence, dissonance, disunion, disunity, division, friction, infighting, inharmony, schism, strife, variance, war, warfare

Related Words clash, collision, competition, contention; altercation, argument, bicker, brawl, debate, disagreement, dispute, divide, fissure; falling-out, fight, hassle, jar, miff, mix-up, quarrel, row, run-in, scrap, spat, squabble, tiff, wrangle; incompatibility, incongruence, incongruity, incongruousness, inconsistence, inconsistency, inconsonance, inharmoniousness; animosity, antagonism, antipathy, cold war, enmity, hostility, ill will, rancor

Near Antonyms concurrence, cooperation

Antonyms accord, agreement, concord, concordance, harmony, peace

2

departure from a generally accepted theory, opinion, or practice <the church reacted to any form of dissent by promptly excommunicating its proponents>

Synonyms dissent, dissidence, heterodoxy, nonconformity

Related Words error, fallacy, falsehood, misbelief, misconception, myth; apostasy, defection, infidelity, schism, scission, sectarianism, separatism; deviance, deviation, iconoclasm, unconventionality; disagreement, discord, dissension (also dissention)

Near Antonyms agreement, conformation, conventionality

Antonyms conformity, orthodoxy