dissentient
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
noun
Other Word Forms
- dissentience noun
- dissentiency noun
- dissentiently adverb
Etymology
Origin of dissentient
1615–25; < Latin dissentient- (stem of dissentiēns, present participle of dissentīre ), equivalent to dissenti- ( dissent ) + -ent- -ent
Example Sentences
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What I didn't predict was a fascinatingly dissentient argument from Julie Maroh, the author of the 2010 graphic novel Le Bleu Est Une Couleur Chaude on which the film is based.
From The Guardian • May 30, 2013
Hardly a dissentient voice came from Methodists or Congregationalists.
From Time Magazine Archive
The 43 represent the dissentient voices from the Clyde.
From Time Magazine Archive
There was a chorus of agreement with only one dissentient voice.
From "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie
As there was no dissentient voice, his uneasy terrors waned; suspicion gave place to a renewal of admiration, in which fear was tempered with respect.
From The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France by Wingfield, Lewis
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