dissentingly
In objecting manner
In a manner expressing disagreement or dissent.
The adverb is rare, since people more often dissent than do something dissentingly: She shook her head dissentingly when the proposal was read aloud.
Open resistance to authority
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- contradictionOpposing claims, incompatible together
- noncomplianceFailure to follow requirements
- insubordinationDefying workplace authority
recalcitrance · contravention · repudiation · negation · antagonism · rebellion · obstruction · nonconformity
Public display of opinion
- rallyGathering for a cause
- activismDirect effort for reform
- boycottOrganized economic protest
- civil disobediencePeaceful refusal to obey
strike · petition · solidarity · resistance · march · dissidence · agitation · outcry
Expression of disapproval
- disputeVerbal clash over differences
- contentionAssertion or rivalry
- discordLack of agreement
- debateFormal argument on issues
argument · clash · conflict · disapproval · rebuttal · refutation · counterargument · variance
defiance
Open resistance to authority
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- contradictionOpposing claims, incompatible together
- noncomplianceFailure to follow requirements
insubordination · recalcitrance · contravention · repudiation · negation · antagonism · rebellion · obstruction · nonconformity · contrarily
demonstration
Public display of opinion
civil disobedience · strike · petition · solidarity · resistance · march · dissidence · agitation · outcry · remonstration
objection
Expression of disapproval
- disputeVerbal clash over differences
- contentionAssertion or rivalry
- discordLack of agreement
debate · argument · clash · conflict · disapproval · rebuttal · refutation · counterargument · variance · demurral
dissentinglyagreeably
In pleasing fashion
approvingly · affirmatively · acquiescently · compliantly · concordantly
dissentinglycompliantly
In an acquiescent manner
obediently · submissively · conventionally · orthodoxly · unanimously
- dissenting voiceOne expressing disagreement publicly
- dissenting opinionFormal judicial disagreement