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 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
Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
Elections were postponed in 2021, and dissent is heavily policed.
—Mohammed R. Mhawish, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2025
Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
Though the minutes do not identify individual participants, the post-meeting statement noted that Miran was the dissenting vote, preferring instead a half-point cut.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2025
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Noun
The song’s use of the native language is part of a longer tradition in Taiwan of dissent and self-assertion.
—Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
Elections were postponed in 2021, and dissent is heavily policed.
—Mohammed R. Mhawish, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
Fed governors Michelle Bowman and Christopher Waller — both Trump appointees — cast dissenting votes in July, backing a rate cut instead of holding steady.
—Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
Though the minutes do not identify individual participants, the post-meeting statement noted that Miran was the dissenting vote, preferring instead a half-point cut.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dissent
Noun
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China, for its part, has also stoked the flames of discord in recent weeks, first by announcing new global export controls on rare earth minerals, key components in technologies and weaponry.—
Kate Nishimura,
Sourcing Journal,
23 Oct. 2025
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The discord within the Republican Party of Wisconsin has reached a new level.—
Lawrence Andrea,
jsonline.com,
22 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Cuomo is trying win over undecided voters who disagree strongly with Mamdani on policy, but this approach may resurrect questions about Cuomo’s character.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Some 77% disagreed with that statement or felt the increase was not sufficient.—
Susan Tompor,
Freep.com,
24 Oct. 2025
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That large firms armed with experts would fall into the trap of bidding in auctions in which the winner is cursed to lose was major heresy to economists.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
21 Oct. 2025
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In the value-investing, human discretion driven ethos of PIMCO this was heresy.—
Vineer Bhansali,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Despite all odds—geopolitical strife and upheaval, an economic instability and rising inflation—shoppers are still spending.—
Kate Nishimura,
Sourcing Journal,
23 Oct. 2025
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During the breakup of Yugoslavia in 1992-98, violent ethnic and religious strife boiled over among Muslims, Orthodox Christians, and Catholics.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Oct. 2025
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The gender nonconformity of the protagonists—all thinly disguised versions of Lee—is often obvious but never explicitly mentioned.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Oct. 2025
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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.—
Samantha Allen,
Them.,
7 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Once the largest importer of American soybeans, China paused purchases of the product in May as bilateral frictions intensified.—
John Liu,
CNN Money,
24 Oct. 2025
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To be sure, OpenAI’s surge isn’t without friction.—
Paulina Likos,
CNBC,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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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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If Trump’s first Presidency was characterized by widespread revolt, his second term has so far been defined by the lack of dissidence.—
Brady Brickner-Wood,
The New Yorker,
5 Feb. 2025
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The Raptors also played the Bucks, a 122-116 loss, with the home team bumping the game’s start time up by an hour to minimize the conflict between the two games.—
Eric Koreen,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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That is, some of the properties suffered damage during the war, but others were destroyed because the owners left the country during the conflict.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Dissent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dissent. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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