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dissent

Roget category 489

4. Words relating to the intellectual faculties
4.5. Results of reasoning
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#489. Dissent

noun

dissentdiscordance etc. (disagreement) 24difference diversity of opinion.
nonconformity etc. (heterodoxy) 984protestantism, recusancy, schismdisaffectionsecession etc. 624recantation etc. 607.
dissension etc. (discord) 713discontent etc. 832 cavilling.
protestcontradiction etc. (denial) 536noncompliance etc. (rejection) 764.
dissentient, dissenternon-juror, non-content, nonconformistsectary, separatist, recusant, schismatic, protestant, heretic.
refusal etc. 764.

verb

dissent, demurcall in question etc. (doubt) 485differ in opinion, disagreesay no etc. 536refuse assent, refuse to admitcavil, protest, raise one's voice against, repudiatecontradict etc. (deny) 536.
have no notion of, differ toto caelo [Lat.] revolt at, revolt from the idea.
shake the head, shrug the shoulderslook askance, look askant.
secederecant etc. 607.

adjective

dissenting etc. v. — negative etc. 536dissident, dissentientunconsenting etc. (refusing) 764non-content, nonjuringprotestant, recusantunconvinced, unconverted.
unavowed, unacknowledgedout of the question.
discontented etc. 832unwilling etc. 603extorted.
sectarian, denominational, schismaticheterodoxintolerant.

adverb

no etc. 536 at variance, at issue withunder protest.

interjection

God forbid!, not for the worldI'll be hanged ifnever tell meyour humble servant, pardon me.

phrase

many men many mindsquot homines tot sententiae [Lat.] [Terence]; tant s'en faut [Fr.]il s'en faut bien [Fr.]no wayby no meanscount me out.

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