dissenting

adjective

dis·​sent·​ing di-ˈsen-tiŋ How to pronounce dissenting (audio)
often capitalized
: of or relating to the English Nonconformists
a dissenting church
dissenting merchants

Examples of dissenting in a Sentence

dissenting views were ruthlessly suppressed under the dictatorship
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In the dissenting view, the star collapses to the edge of the event horizon and then hovers there, or rebounds and explodes. Corey S. Powell, Discover Magazine, 26 Feb. 2015 The document runs to more than a hundred and fifty pages, and for each question there are affirmative and dissenting studies, as well as some that indicate mixed results. The New Yorker, 3 June 2022 Board member Renee Paschall cast the lone dissenting vote on the final package. Elizabeth Sander, San Antonio Express-News, 19 Aug. 2022 The new gun law was passed by New Zealand’s parliament near-unanimously, with only a single dissenting vote. Abid Rahman, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 May 2022 See all Example Sentences for dissenting 

Word History

First Known Use

1644, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of dissenting was in 1644

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“Dissenting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dissenting. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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