dissent

English

Etymology

From Middle English dissenten, from Latin dissentire (“to differ in sentiments, disagree, be at odds, contradict, quarrel”), from dis- + sentire (see sense).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈsɛnt/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /dəˈsɛnt/
• Rhymes: -ɛnt
• Homophone: descent

Verb

dissent (third-person singular simple present dissents, present participle dissenting, simple past and past participle dissented)

1. (intransitive) To disagree; to withhold assent. Construed with from (or, formerly, to).
   • 1827 Thomas Jarman, Powell's Essay on Devises 2.293:

     Where a trustee refuses either to assent or dissent, the Court will itself exercise his authority.

   • 1830 Isaac D'Israeli, Commentaries on the Life and Reign of Charles the First 3.9.207:

     Those who openly dissented from the acts which the King had carried through the Parliament.

2. (intransitive) To differ from, especially in opinion, beliefs, etc.
   • 1654 John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon the Book of Job 33.32:

     Some are so eristical and teasty, that they will not ... bear with any that dissent.

   • 1662 Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (Dialogue 2):

     Natural reason dictates, that motion ought to be assigned to the bodies, which in kind and essence most agree with those bodies which do undoubtedly move, and rest to those which most dissent from them.

   • 1871 George Grote, Fragments on Ethical Subjects 2.37:

     If the public dissent from our views, we say that they ought to concur with us.

3. (obsolete) To be different; to have contrary characteristics.
   • 1594–1597, Richard Hooker, J[ohn] S[penser], editor, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Will[iam] Stansby [for Matthew Lownes], published 1611, OCLC 931154958, (please specify the page):

     it was wholly unlawful, in any thing to dissent from him

Synonyms

• (disagree): disagree, take exception, refute, reject
• (differ from):
• (to be different): See also Thesaurus:differ

Antonyms

• (disagree): agree, assent, follow, allow, accept, consent

Related terms

English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sent-‎ (2 c, 0 e)

Translations

to disagree

• Albanian: mospajtim (sq)
• Bulgarian: не се съгласявам (ne se sǎglasjavam)
• Czech: nesouhlasit impf, lišit se v názoru impf
• Dutch: van mening verschillen, een afwijkende mening hebben, een minderheidsstandpunt innemen
• Finnish: olla eri mieltä
• German: dissentieren (de)

• Italian: dissentire (it), divergere (it), disconvenire, discrepare (it)
• Latin: dissentiō
• Maori: whakahē
• Polish: nie zgadzać się impf, nie zgodzić się pf
• Portuguese: dissentir (pt), discordar (pt)
• Russian: расходи́ться во взгля́дах (rasxodítʹsja vo vzgljádax)
• Scottish Gaelic: mì-chòrd
• Spanish: discrepar (es), disentir (es)

References

• John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “dissent”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.

Noun

dissent (countable and uncountable, plural dissents)

1. Disagreement with the ideas, doctrines, decrees, etc. of a political party, government or religion.
   • 2013 June 28, Charles Hugh Smith, Why Centralization Leads to Collapse‎^[1]:

     A system that suppresses dissent is fault-intolerant, ignorant and fragile.

2. An act of disagreeing with, or deviating from, the views and opinions of those holding authority.
3. (Anglo-American common law) A separate opinion filed in a case by judges who disagree with the outcome of the majority of the court in that case
4. (sports) A violation that arises when disagreement with an official call is expressed in an inappropriate manner such as foul language, rude gestures, or failure to comply.
   • 2014, Jacob Steinberg, "Wigan shock Manchester City in FA Cup again to reach semi-finals", The Guardian, 9 March 2014:

     City had been woeful, their anger at their own inertia summed up when Samir Nasri received a booking for dissent, and they did not have a shot on target until the 66th minute.

Antonyms

• (a disagreement with ideas etc. of authority): agreement, assent, consensus, capitulation

Related terms

• minority report

Translations

disagreement with the ideas of an authority

• Bulgarian: несъгла́сие (bg) n (nesǎglásie)
• Catalan: dissensió f, dissentiment m
• Czech: nesouhlas (cs) m
• Dutch: afwijking van mening, non-conformisme, dissidentie (nl)
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: toisinajattelu (fi)
• French: ^{(please verify)} dissidence (fr) f
• German: Dissens (de) m

• Greek: αντίρρηση (el) f (antírrisi)
• Hungarian: please add this translation if you can
• Italian: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: dissensão (pt) f, dissídio (pt) m, dissentimento m
• Russian: несогла́сие (ru) n (nesoglásije), инакомы́слие (ru) n (inakomýslije)
• Scottish Gaelic: eas-aonta m
• Spanish: disenso (es) m, disentimiento (es) m

act of disagreeing with an authority

• Bulgarian: разногла́сие (bg) n (raznoglásie), разко́л (bg) m (razkól)
• Czech: nesouhlas (cs) m, rozkol m
• Dutch: weigering zich te schikken, dissidentie (nl)
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: toisinajattelu (fi)
• Greek: αντίρρηση (el) f (antírrisi)
• Russian: разногла́сие (ru) n (raznoglásije), раско́л (ru) m (raskól)
• Scottish Gaelic: eas-aonta m

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Translations to be checked

• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} disconformidad f, ^{(please verify)} desacuerdo (es), ^{(please verify)} disensión (es)

See also

• majority opinion

Anagrams

• Ind Ests, disnest, snidest

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dis/

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Verb

dissent

1. third-person plural imperfect subjunctive of dire

Anagrams

• destins