Word Finder - dissent

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Disagreement with the ideas, doctrines, decrees, etc. of a political party, government or religion.

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An act of disagreeing with, or deviating from, the views and opinions of those holding authority.

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(Anglo-American common law) A separate opinion filed in a case by judges who disagree with the outcome of the majority of the court in that case

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A violation that arises when disagreement with an official call is expressed in an inappropriate manner such as foul language, rude gestures, of failure to comply.

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To disagree; to withhold assent. Construed with from (or, formerly, to).

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To differ from, especially in opinion, beliefs, etc.

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To be different; to have contrary characteristics.

There was also a small but determined party that leaned to dissent.

Let the other party leaders get paranoid about internal dissent.

I often feel I 'm the only voice of dissent.

He quotes indeed the opinion of Giordano Bruno to that effect, but with dissent.

Indeed, there is a danger it will arouse suspicions that the management committee is unwilling to tolerate dissent or justify its actions.

Actual war economies typically cite a greater public good when they repress dissent and debate.

The new crime would further suppress dissent, without needing to demonstrate any link with a banned organization.

Following the Reformation the town became a center for religious dissent.

The pendulum of rampant materialism has now swung too far, correspondingly to be rebuked by new forces of dissent.

As part of the cure, therefore, intellectual challenge and dissent were to be ruthlessly expunged.

They say the subpoenas are intended to stifle dissent.

He said that with all the talk of " violence " the government was trying to criminalize dissent.

LaRouche was " not domineering " in the earliest days, allowing dissent, one ex-member said.

That this tendency exists cannot be doubted, and there is reason to fear that its influence, by identifying Presbyterianism with dissent in England and Scotland, is unfavourable to the general tone and character of the Presbyterian Church.

It cannot be denied that men like Roger Williams and some of the persecuted Quakers, though undeniably contentious and aggressive in their conscientious dissent, showed a spirit which to-day seems sweeter in tolerance and humanity than that of the Puritans.

In spite of his intolerant attitude towards religious dissent, he proved himself an enlightened patron of learning.

Religion began to be identified with the state; and the king combated heresy and dissent, not only as a religious duty, but as a matter of political expediency, unity of faith being obviously conducive to unity of law.

Cuba 's Criminal Code provides the legal basis for repression of dissent.

We have seen how there was dissent between the traditionalists and new young thrusters in the chapter " The Business of Ruling ".

With no opposition or dissent to the new laws, Australia is simply turning into an elected dictatorship.

Governments used to relying upon force to quell dissent are unlikely to make the reforms necessary to preserve social cohesion.

The Manuscript Collection This collection relates mostly to the history of radical Protestant dissent in England.

Dissent is stifled and political opposition muted, silenced or liquidated.

Dissent can be deliberately obstructive, aimed at holding back the process of decision-making.

O'Leary had suggested the club should not sell Rio Ferdinand, and the plc was getting touchy about any hint of dissent.

Writing to the Scottish clergy, and rejecting their claim to suppress dissent in order to extirpate error, he said, "Your pretended fear lest error should step in is like the man who would keep all wine out of the country lest men should be drunk.

But the imperiousness showed itself in the more effectual form of action; in his sudden resolves, his invincible insistence, his recklessness of consequences to himself and his friends, his habitual assumption that the civilized world and all its units must agree with him, his indignant astonishment at the bare thought of dissent or resistance, his incapacity to believe that an overruling Providence would permit him to be frustrated or defeated.

The dissidence of dissent, however, filled him with uneasiness, and he abhorred Luther's denial of free will and his exaggerated notion of man's utter depravity; in short, he did nothing whatever to promote the Protestant revolt, except so far as his frank denunciation and his witty arraignment of clerical and monastic weaknesses and soulless ceremonial, especially in his Praise of Folly and Colloquies, contributed to bring the faults of the Church into strong relief, and in so far as his edition of the New Testament furnished a simple escape from innumerable theological complications.

Since the beginning of the 19th century dissent has been strongly represented in the Principality, the combined numbers of the various Nonconformist bodies far outstripping the adherents of the Church.

It is also alleged that the administration is silencing dissent among its own analysts who have raised questions.

If Whiggism could be proved to entail Dissent, he was prepared to abandon it.

Steeped in absolutist ideas, James was not likely to tolerate religious dissent.

There's nothing wrong with dissent, but it is just that - dissent from the consensus!

We have seen how there was dissent between the traditionalists and new young thrusters in the chapter " The Business of Ruling " .

Thus he greatly underrated the strength of the Establishment, and preposterously exaggerated that of Dissent and Catholicism.

On the 2nd of May Argyll sailed with three ships to raise the west of Scotland; and three weeks later, with a following of only eighty-two persons - of whom Lord Grey, Fletcher of Saltoun, Wade, and Ferguson, the author of the Appeal from the Country to the City, were the chief - Monmouth himself set out for the west of England, where, as the stronghold of Protestant dissent and as the scene of his former progresses, he could alone hope for immediate support.

With so powerful a press behind it, it is no wonder that Welsh political dissent was largely responsible for the changed attitude of the Imperial government in its treatment of the Principality - as evinced in the Sunday Closing Act of 1881, a measure which was very dear to the strong temperance party in Wales, and in the Welsh Intermediate Education Act, granted by Lord Salisbury's government in 1889.

The two volumes of his speeches, as edited by James Redpath, were fortunately made from verbatim reports, and they wisely enclose in parentheses those indications of favour or dissent from the audience which transformed so many of his speeches into exhibitions of gladiatorial skill.

Educators who question or dissent from the official interpretation of Islam can face severe reprisals.

We should not forget either how the government used the courts to suppress dissent and protest.

Human rights abuses, suppression of dissent, absolute power, these are the aspects of Myanmar emphasized in the BBC Country Profile.

The Meteoritic Hypothesis (1890) propounds a comprehensive scheme of cosmical evolution, which has evoked more dissent than approval, while the Sun's Place in Nature (1897) lays down the lines of a classification of the stars, depending upon their supposed temperature-relations.

Moreover, all Mr. Henderson's Labour colleagues in the Government opposed his views; and on Mr. Lloyd George expressing the surprise of the rest of the War Cabinet at his action and their dissent from his policy he resigned and was succeeded by Mr. George Barnes.

He reversed the unfortunate ecclesiastical policy of his father, allowing a wide liberty of dissent, and releasing the imprisoned archbishop of Cologne; he modified the strictness of the press censorship; above all he undertook, in the presence of the deputations of the provincial diets assembled to greet him on his accession, to carry out the long-deferred project of creating a central constitution, which he admitted to be required alike by the royal promises, the needs of the country and the temper of the times.

Civil Liberties watchdog groups immediately took a stand against the bill, making it very clear that attempts to censor the internet of any sort of speech would trample over every citizen's basic right to nonviolent dissent.

Neither can the husband convey real estate without the wife's consent, and a widow may dissent from her husband's will at any time within six months after the probate of the same, the effect of such dissent being to allow her the right of one-third of her deceased husband's property, including the dwelling house in which they usually resided.

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It is now held by some Moravians that their Church offers a via media between Anglicanism and Dissent.

Arian or semi-Arian views had much vogue during the 18th century, both in the Church and in dissent.

What this is really about is stifling dissent on a national scale.