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DISSENTIENT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does dissentient mean?
• DISSENTIENT (adjective)
The adjective DISSENTIENT has 2 senses:
1. (of Catholics) refusing to attend services of the Church of England
2. disagreeing, especially with a majority
Familiarity information: DISSENTIENT used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of Catholics) refusing to attend services of the Church of England
Synonyms:
dissentient; recusant
Similar:
unorthodox (breaking with convention or tradition)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Disagreeing, especially with a majority
Synonyms:
dissentient; dissenting; dissident
Similar:
negative (expressing or consisting of a negation or refusal or denial)
Derivation:
dissent (withhold assent)
dissent (be of different opinions)
dissent (express opposition through action or words)
Context examples
There was not a dissentient voice on the subject, either when Mrs. Perry drank tea with Mrs. and Miss Bates, or when Mrs. and Miss Bates returned the visit.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
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