dissent
🇺🇸
/dɪˈsent/
🇬🇧
/dɪˈsent/
noun
R
disagreeing with what most people think or what is officially accepted
The government does not allow dissent against its policies.
R
arguing with a referee's decision in sports
The player received a yellow card for dissent.
R
a judge's written disagreement with other judges in a court case
The judge wrote a dissent explaining why she disagreed with the court's decision.
verb
R
to disagree with what most people think or what is officially accepted
Many citizens dissent from the government's new law.
translation
disagreeing with what most people think or what is officially accepted; arguing with a referee's decision in sports; a judge's written disagreement with other judges in a court case
to disagree with what most people think or what is officially accepted
Word Forms
3rd Present
dissents
Progressive
dissenting
Past
dissented
Plural
dissents
Perfect
dissented