dissentient
English Thesaurus
1. disagreeing, especially with a majority (adj.all)
| similar | : | negative, |
| definition | : | expressing or consisting of a negation or refusal or denial (adj.all) |
2. (of Catholics) refusing to attend services of the Church of England (adj.all)
| similar | : | unorthodox, |
| definition | : | breaking with convention or tradition (adj.all) |
3. disagreeing, especially with a majority (adj.all)
| derivation | : | dissidence, |
| definition | : | disagreement; especially disagreement with the government (noun.communication) |
| derivation | : | dissent, |
| definition | : | withhold assent (verb.communication) |
| derivation | : | dissent, protest, resist, |
| definition | : | express opposition through action or words (verb.social) |
4. (of Catholics) refusing to attend services of the Church of England (adj.all)
| derivation | : | recusancy, |
| definition | : | refusal to submit to established authority; originally the refusal of Roman Catholics to attend services of the Church of England (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | nonconformist, recusant, |
| definition | : | someone who refuses to conform to established standards of conduct (noun.person) |
5. disagreeing, especially with a majority (adj.all)
| derivation | : | dissidence, |
| definition | : | disagreement; especially disagreement with the government (noun.communication) |
| derivation | : | dissent, |
| definition | : | withhold assent (verb.communication) |
| derivation | : | dissent, protest, resist, |
| definition | : | express opposition through action or words (verb.social) |
6. (of Catholics) refusing to attend services of the Church of England (adj.all)
| derivation | : | recusancy, |
| definition | : | refusal to submit to established authority; originally the refusal of Roman Catholics to attend services of the Church of England (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | nonconformist, recusant, |
| definition | : | someone who refuses to conform to established standards of conduct (noun.person) |
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