dissent

Minority opinion voiced

Dissent is disagreement, especially with an official position or majority view.

A Supreme Court justice writes a dissent when disagreeing with the court's ruling.

Religious dissenters refuse to conform to established doctrine.

The verb means to hold or express such disagreement: Three members dissented from the committee's recommendation.

Dissent carries a sense of principled opposition rather than mere difference of opinion.

rebellion

uprising

Organized resistance to power

insurrectionViolent uprising against authority
revoltOrganized resistance to power
mutinyRevolt against authority

revolution · coup · overthrow · sedition · subversion · insurgency · guerrilla · underground · resistance · defiance

political

protest

Public expression of disapproval

activismDirect effort for reform
demonstrationPublic display of opinion
rallyGathering for a cause

march · strike · boycott · walkout · sit-in · picketing · blockade · occupation · civil disobedience · resistance

disagreement

dispute

Verbal clash over differences

discordLack of agreement
oppositionActive resistance or dissent
contentionAssertion or rivalry

divergence · difference · conflict · variance · contradiction · disunity · friction · schism · rift · disaccord

religious

heresy

Belief opposing official doctrine

schismFormal organizational fracture
apostasyRenunciation of former beliefs
blasphemyIrreverence toward the sacred

excommunication · unorthodoxy · iconoclasm · heretic · nonconformist · reformation · sectarian · doctrine · heterodoxy · recusant

debate

argument

Reasoned case or dispute

disputationFormal argumentative exchange
discourseFormal communication on subjects
dialecticLogical argument through opposition

controversy · polemics · rhetoric · deliberation · dialogue · forum · exchange · Socratic · counterpoint · rebuttal

Categories

rebellionrevolt, rebel, mutiny, insurgency, insurrection
disagreediffer, dispute, argue, object, deny
Panel Discussionmoderator, panelist, discussant, debate, roundtable
Resistance tacticsrefusal, defiance, rebellion, protest, boycott
social processescommunication, cooperation, competition, conflict, negotiation
expressions of disassociationnot my problem, none of my business, count me out, leave me out, not affiliated

Opposites

agreement vs. disagreement

dissentassent

Formal expression of approval

agreement · concurrence · accord · consensus · concur

conformity vs. nonconformity

dissentconformity

Adherence to norms

compliance · obedience · orthodoxy · submission · adherence

approval vs. disapproval

dissentapproval

Favorable opinion given

endorsement · ratification · sanction · authorization · ratify

Phrases

dissenting voiceOne expressing disagreement publicly
political dissentOpposition to government policies
dissenting opinionFormal judicial disagreement
public dissentOpen opposition to policy
religious dissentersThose opposing established doctrine

Family

dissenter, dissension, dissenting, dissenters, dissention, dissents, dissented, dissensions

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