Dissent
21dissent — Synonyms and related words: Evangelicalism, Protestantism, Reform, Zwinglianism, abnegation, aggressiveness, agree to differ, agree to disagree, antagonism, antipathy, apostasy, argumentation, averseness, aversion, backlash, backwardness, balk,… …
22dissent — dis|sent1 [ dı sent ] noun uncount strong disagreement, especially with what people in authority think or what the majority of people think: He banned political parties and crushed dissent. a. count or uncount AMERICAN an official statement in… …
23dissent — 1. verb /dɪˈsɛnt/ a) To disagree; to withhold assent. Construed with from (or, formerly, to). Where a trustee refuses either to assent or dissent, the Court will itself exercise his authority. b) To differ from, especially in …
24dissent — 1 noun 1 (U) refusal to accept an official opinion or an opinion that most people accept: political dissent 2 (C) AmE a judge s written statement giving their reasons for disagreeing with the other judges in a law case 3 (U) old use a… …
25dissent — 1. verb two members dissented Syn: differ, disagree, demur, fail to agree, be at variance/odds, take issue; decline/refuse to support, protest, object, dispute, challenge, quibble Ant: agree, accept 2. noun …
26dissent — [dɪˈsent] noun [U] strong disagreement, especially with what people in authority think or with what the majority of people think dissent verb [I] …
27dissent — /dasent/ Contrariety of opinion; refusal to agree with something already stated or adjudged or to an act previously performed. The term is most commonly used to denote the explicit disagreement of one or more judges of a court with the decision… …
28dissent — /dasent/ Contrariety of opinion; refusal to agree with something already stated or adjudged or to an act previously performed. The term is most commonly used to denote the explicit disagreement of one or more judges of a court with the decision… …
29Dissent! (network) — Dissent! was the name taken for an international network of local groups, which came together to organise opposition to the G8 summit held in Gleneagles Hotel, Perthshire, Scotland in July 2005. Most groups shared an anti capitalist orientation… …
30Dissent aversion — is the judicial phenomenon that implies that judges do not like dissenting opinions nor do they like to dissent themselves. A common example is as follows: On a panel of three judges, only one feels strongly about the decision. One of the two… …
