dissent

Roget category 489

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#489. 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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