dissent
Roget category 489
4. Words relating to the intellectual faculties› 4.5. Results of reasoning
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Dissent
noun
dissent —
discordance
etc.
(disagreement)
24 —
difference diversity of opinion.
nonconformity
etc.
(heterodoxy)
984 —
protestantism,
recusancy,
schism —
disaffection —
secession
etc.
624 —
recantation
etc.
607.
dissension
etc.
(discord)
713 —
discontent
etc.
832 —
cavilling.
protest —
contradiction
etc.
(denial)
536 —
noncompliance
etc.
(rejection)
764.
dissentient,
dissenter —
non-juror,
non-content,
nonconformist —
sectary,
separatist,
recusant,
schismatic,
protestant,
heretic.
refusal
etc.
764.
verb
dissent,
demur —
call in question
etc.
(doubt)
485 —
differ in opinion,
disagree —
say no
etc.
536 —
refuse assent,
refuse to admit —
cavil,
protest,
raise one's voice against,
repudiate —
contradict
etc.
(deny)
536.
have no notion of,
differ toto caelo [Lat.] —
revolt at,
revolt from the idea.
shake the head,
shrug the shoulders —
look askance,
look askant†.
secede —
recant
etc.
607.
adjective
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.
adverb
no
etc.
536 —
at variance,
at issue with —
under protest.
interjection
God forbid!,
not for the world —
I'll be hanged if —
never tell me —
your humble servant,
pardon me.
phrase
many men many minds —
quot homines tot sententiae [Lat.]
[Terence];
tant s'en faut [Fr.] —
il s'en faut bien [Fr.] —
no way —
by no means —
count me out.
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