dissidence

1 a lack of agreement or harmony political dissidence had plagued the country for years Synonyms of dissidence conflict, disaccord, discordance, discordancy, disharmony, dissension (also dissention), dissent, discord, dissonance, disunion, disunity, division, friction, infighting, inharmony, schism, strife, variance, war, warfareWords Related to dissidence 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, rancorNear Antonyms of dissidence concurrence, cooperationAntonyms of dissidence accord, agreement, concord, concordance, harmony, peace

2 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 Synonyms of dissidence dissent, heresy, heterodoxy, nonconformityWords Related to dissidence error, fallacy, falsehood, misbelief, misconception, myth; apostasy, defection, infidelity, schism, scission, sectarianism, separatism; deviance, deviation, iconoclasm, unconventionality; disagreement, discord, dissension (also dissention)Near Antonyms of dissidence agreement, conformation, conventionalityAntonyms of dissidence conformity, orthodoxy