Dissentient
[di'senʃiәnt]
Definition
(adj.) disagreeing, especially with a majority .
(adj.) (of Catholics) refusing to attend services of the Church of England .
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Definition
(v. i.) Disagreeing; declaring dissent; dissenting.
(n.) One who dissents.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Disagreeing, dissenting.
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Examples
- It was the luck of Britain that they remained, though dissentient in spirit, under the British flag. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- They had found an educated leadership in the dissentient priests and doctors of the Wycliffe type. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- One dissentient on the council could bar any proposal--on the lines of the old Polish _liberum veto_ (chapter xxxvi, § 7). H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Only a few people too old to move and a few dissentients remained in the town, which was occupied by the Persians and burnt. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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