Definition of dissensus
: difference of opinion
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Examples of dissensus in a Sentence
a democracy relies on dissensus as much as on consensus
Recent Examples of dissensus from the Web
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These dramas of politics — each involving the high court’s first black justice — arrive at a singularly contentious political moment in an atmosphere of angry, sometimes violent dissensus.
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Origin and Etymology of dissensus
dis- + consensus
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