dissenting as an adjective: - 1
dissenting
adjective
1 dissenting
Disagreeing, especially with a majority.
synonyms: dissentient, dissident.
Roget 489:
dissenting
etc.
v.;
negative
etc.
536;
dissident,
dissentient;
unconsenting
etc.
(refusing)
764;
non-content,
nonjuring†;
protestant,
recusant;
unconvinced,
unconverted.
unavowed,
unacknowledged;
out of the question.
discontented
etc.
832;
unwilling
etc.
603;
extorted.
sectarian,
denominational,
schismatic;
heterodox;
intolerant.
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Roget 984:
heterodox,
heretical;
unorthodox,
unscriptural,
uncanonical;
antiscriptural†,
apocryphal;
unchristian,
antichristian†;
schismatic,
recusant,
iconoclastic;
sectarian;
dissenting,
dissident;
secular
&c.,
(lay)
997.
pagan;
heathen,
heathenish;
ethnic,
ethnical;
gentile,
paynim†;
pantheistic,
polytheistic.
Judaical,
Mohammedan,
Brahminical†,
Buddhist
etc.
n.;
Romish,
Protestant
etc.
n..
bigoted
etc.
(prejudiced)
481,
(obstinate)
606;
superstitious
etc.
(credulous)
486;
fanatical;
idolatrous
etc.
991;
visionary
etc.
(imaginative)
515.
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Moby thesaurus: against, alienated, antiestablishment, at odds with, at variance with, breakaway, complaining, con, contrary, counter-culture, deviant, differing, disagreeing, disappointed, disapprobatory, disapproving, discontented, disenchanted, disgruntled, disillusioned, displeased, disputatious, disputing, dissatisfied, dissentient, dissident, fractious, in opposition, indignant, low, nonconformable, nonconforming, noncooperative, nonobservant, objecting, obstructive, on the barricades, opposed, opposing, poor, proof against, protesting, rebellious, recalcitrant, recusant, refractory, reluctant, renitent, repellent, resistant, resisting, resistive, retardant, retardative, sectarian, sectary, turned-off, unadaptable, unadjustable, unappreciative, unapproving, uncompliant, uncomplimentary, unconforming, uncooperative, underground, unfavorable, unhappy, unsubmissive, unyielding, up in arms, withstanding ... show more.
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