dissidence
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ɪ noun
disagreement: political dissidence.
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dissident (ˈdɪsɪdənt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | disagreeing; dissenting |
| —n | |
| 2. | a person who disagrees, esp one who disagrees with the government |
| [C16: from Latin dissidēre to be remote from, from | |
| 'dissidence | |
| —n | |
| 'dissidently | |
| —adv | |
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Dissidence
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Example sentences
But the public senses a vague dissidence between the spin and the daily reality of deaths on the ground.
They already accept your dissidence, and this is what counts.
There have been, however, problems with special paramilitary police units being used to put down political dissidence.
In totalitarian regimes, dissidence is treated as a mental illness.
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