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dissidence

noun

ˈdi-sə-dən(t)s How to pronounce dissidence (audio)
Definition of dissidencenext
1
as in discord
a lack of agreement or harmony political dissidence had plagued the country for years

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2
as in dissent
departure from a generally accepted theory, opinion, or practice after abstract art became established, its proponents became just as intolerant of dissidence as earlier schools of art had been

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Recent Examples of dissidence Given that women in other countries do wear lipstick as an act of resistance today, suggesting that American feminists did so in 1912 conflates their wildly different cultural contexts, and blurs one’s sense of what constitutes public dissidence. — Literary Hub, 18 Feb. 2026 The dissidence of Minneapolis reminds me of the Argentinian mothers who found themselves in an impossible situation during the military junta of the late 1970s. — Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 30 Jan. 2026 And dissidence and utopianism, new ways of life, other—othered—ethnicities, and hybrid identities were universally amenable. — Diedrich Diederichsen, Artforum, 1 Dec. 2025 Using social media and artificial intelligence, tech-savvy young adults are educating others about legislation and decentralizing dissidence. — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 24 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for dissidence
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dissidence
  1. discord
  2. dissent
  3. strife
  4. friction
  5. conflict
  6. war
  7. discordance
  8. schism
Noun
  • The woman’s vanity and the husband’s forgetfulness collide to sow chaos and discord in the house.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026
  • The discord meant the program spent much of the summer hiring replacement correspondents, including Ross Douthat, a conservative New York Times opinion writer with no experience as a TV journalist.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of discord
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  • In his dissent, Scalia argued that the ESA was written narrowly to prohibit the intentional hunting and killing of vulnerable animals, not to broadly protect species at the population level.
    — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 22 Sep. 2026
  • California Attorney General Rob Bonta If Ruffalo is the face of celebrity dissent, then Bonta was the final boss.
    — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of dissent
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  • October, the best time in the baseball calendar, will be at least a little different this year because of the labor strife that awaits in the offseason.
    — Jim Bowden, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Congress created temporary protections in 1990 TPS was created by Congress in 1990 to prevent deportations to countries suffering from natural disasters or civil strife.
    — Julia Ainsley, NBC news, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of strife
Noun
  • Connected vehicles can instead surface those options through infotainment systems at the moment customers need them, improving convenience without adding friction.
    — Stacey Moser, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
  • When power changes in organizations, companies end up having friction to adapt to that power.
    — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of friction
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  • Before the conflict, Qatar exported almost one-fifth of the world’s LNG, all of it through the Strait of Hormuz.
    — Lauren Morganbesser, semafor.com, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Moldova reports another drone incursion During the aerial barrages, drones have repeatedly strayed into neighboring countries, unnerving leaders who are wary of Russia and fear being dragged into conflict.
    — Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of conflict
Noun
  • The countries trying to broker an end to the Iran conflict — Oman, Pakistan, and Qatar — are themselves facing military attacks and economic strain from the war, an unusual dynamic that factors into the incentives and urgency behind their mediation.
    — Lauren Morganbesser, semafor.com, 22 Sep. 2026
  • But Washington's negotiations with Tehran over their own war fell apart weeks ago.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of war
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  • And so my conversation with Noah centered on the idea of a space where there would be a discordance between what the physical space looked like and what was happening emotionally in that room.
    — Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Part of that discordance might be the fact that as a genre, rock has historically been difficult to define.
    — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 19 Nov. 2025
Definition of discordance
Noun
  • The book follows this story for the critical eight years between 1527 and 1535, which led to the enduring schism that created the Church of England.
    — David Faris, TheWeek, 16 Sep. 2026
  • But schisms and heel digging are probably inevitable in such uncertain fields, Catling says.
    — Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 15 Sep. 2026
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