dissent
the expression of disagreement or opposition to a prevailing or official view
Word origin: From Latin dissentire, to differ in feeling.
Dissent in a sentence
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Several members of the panel registered their dissent from the majority finding.
The lone justice filed a vigorous dissent, arguing that the majority had misread the statute.
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Verbal · Text Completion
Critics initially dismissed the composer's late works as merely blank, but later scholars recognized in them a deliberate restraint that concealed considerable technical sophistication.
Using “dissent” well
Dissent is the active voicing of disagreement, often against an official or majority position, not mere private doubt. As a verb it takes from: to dissent from the consensus.
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