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dissentience

/dih-sen-shuhnt/US // dɪˈsɛn ʃənt //UK // (dɪˈsɛnʃənt) //

异议,异见,意见分歧,意见不统一

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : dissenting, especially from the opinion of the majority.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person who dissents.

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Examples

  • “I doubt them finding any such easy capture,” muttered the chief, with a dissentient head-shake.

  • One dissentient on the council could bar any proposal—on the lines of the old Polish liberum veto (chapter xxxvi, 7).

  • Not a dissentient word was heard-indeed, the man who should have dared to utter one would certainly not have escaped unpunished.

  • There was no dissentient voice in the verdict that she had greatly changed.

  • And upon return the thanks of the noble party were voted, viva voce, to Sir Patricius, without one dissentient no!