1
as in discord
a lack of agreement or harmony
considerable dissent within the party's rank and file
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as in dissention
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
Rajesh Roy, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2025
The justices still have a handful of cases remaining before breaking for their summer recess, many of which will indeed be contentious and include vigorous dissents.
—Editorial, Boston Herald, 14 June 2025
Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 3 June 2025
Two of the court’s six conservative justices – Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito – dissented.
—Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 8 June 2025
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Noun
The Indian government had declared Nijjar a terrorist in 2020 under a law meant to suppress dissent.
—Rajesh Roy, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2025
The justices still have a handful of cases remaining before breaking for their summer recess, many of which will indeed be contentious and include vigorous dissents.
—Editorial, Boston Herald, 14 June 2025
Verb
Judge Consuelo Callahan, who was appointed by Republican President George W. Bush, dissented, saying the administration is likely to ultimately win the court fight and is harmed by not being able to carry out its policies in the meantime.
—Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 3 June 2025
Two of the court’s six conservative justices – Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito – dissented.
—Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 8 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dissent
Noun
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More: Trump says US intel briefed him about how Iran wants to assassinate him to sow discord in US Tehran’s regional power also has been eroded by the death of its strongest regional ally, Syrian strongman Bashir al-Assad.—
Josh Meyer,
USA Today,
23 June 2025
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Success, progress and wins tend to naturally quiet the discord.—
Joe Altieri,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025
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People have the right to disagree; all of that is fine.—
Jeff Ihaza,
Rolling Stone,
23 June 2025
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Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. disagrees.—
Omer Awan,
Forbes.com,
22 June 2025
Noun
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Like the trite Black Panther, Sinners is just ethnic heresy.—
Armond White,
National Review,
18 Apr. 2025
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In short, the Catholic Church affirmed that the Jews are part of a living covenant and that antisemitism — including false charges of deicide — are heresy.—
Joshua Stanton,
New York Daily News,
20 Apr. 2025
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The lasting impact of the 1953 coup While the U.S. and Iran have butt heads over a range of issues since the 1979 revolution and hostage crisis, including years of strife over Iran’s nuclear program, the 1953 coup remains a critical event still invoked in modern Iran.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
24 June 2025
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Keeping the family home can feel like an important legacy to offer to your children, but not if ownership creates strife that imperils family relationships.—
Liz Weston,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 June 2025
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The evidence suggests that gender nonconformity and diversity is wide and deep in America.—
Barbara J. Risman,
The Conversation,
28 May 2025
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Backlash to trans rights had swollen into one of the animating causes of the Republican Party, whose leaders were evangelizing the notion that gender nonconformity was a social contagion that targeted children and threatened to undermine civilization itself.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
22 May 2025
Noun
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This fundamental difference has contributed to growing friction, along with her friend's disregard for boundaries.—
Ashley Vega,
People.com,
21 June 2025
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Mike Stanhope, the managing director of strategic data consultants Carruthers and Jackson, told The Guardian that Meta should be more transparent about the design of its AI so that users can know if the chatbot is designed to rely on deception to reduce user friction.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
20 June 2025
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The biographical drama is inspired by the lives of Brazilian activist Eunice Paiva and her politician husband Rubens, who was murdered for his dissidence toward the military dictatorship of 1970s Brazil.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
3 Apr. 2025
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The beats amplify his dissidence.—
Lily Moayeri,
SPIN,
15 Oct. 2024
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Global market sentiment is becoming more skittish over the conflict between Iran and Israel and the possibility of further U.S. involvement.—
Ganesh Rao,Jenni Reid,Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
19 June 2025
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China's energy supply from the Middle East could face severe disruptions as the Israel-Iran conflict threatens to spill over into a wider regional war.—
John Feng,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 June 2025
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“Dissent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dissent. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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