dissidence

Noun
US[dis-uh-duhns]/ˈdɪsədəns/3 syllables

Open English WordNet

Noun (1)

  1. disagreement; especially disagreement with the governmentType of disagreement

Related words dissident adjective

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Dis′si·dence noun

Origin: L. dissidentia: cf. F. dissidence. See Dissident, adjective

Disagreement; dissent; separation from the established religion. Isaac Taylor

It is the dissidence of dissent.— Edmund Burke

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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