[responsivevoice] dissent [/responsivevoice] [ dih-sent ]
The word of the day is ‘dissent’
The word is a noun, i.e., it is the main subject of a sentence.
No, the word is a noun. Therefore, it does not have a past form.
It means:
1. Disagreement
2. Disapproval
3. Difference of opinion
4. The act of protesting
1. Hindi – Matabhed
2. Spanish – Disentir
3. French – Contestation
4. Mandarin – Yìyì
1. Graham fell in with the scheme without a murmur of dubiety or dissent.
2. A murmur of dissent from the others drove him back into shy silence.
3. In politics, for example, it is easy to see the progress of dissent.
4. In a democracy, a dissent is an act of faith.
5. Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.
discord, dissension, disunity, objection, opposition, protest, resistance, schism, strife, clinker, conflict, contention, denial, difference, disaccord, dissidence, flak, hassle, heresy, heterodoxy, nonconformism, nonconformity, refusal, spat, split, unorthodoxy, variance, nonagreement, nonconcurrence etc
Some antonyms of the word are:
acceptance, agreement, approval, concurrence, harmony, peace, accord, conformity, orthodoxy, authorization, endorsement, ratification, sanction
Quotation:
Civil society space provides the oxygen for citizens to participate and meaningfully hold their governments and the private sector to account – and ensure that decisions are made in the interest of the majority and not the few. Without it, citizens have limited space to dissent and challenge the elites.
Winnie Byanyima
Social Example:
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