dissentient noun & adjective.
[dɪ'sɛnʃɪǝnt, -ʃ(ǝ)nt] E17.[Latin dissentient- pres. ppl stem of dissentire: see DISSENT verb, -ENT.](A person) dissenting or expressing dissent, esp. from the majority or official view.
■ Jo Grimond If dissentients could be persuaded to abstain instead of actually voting in a different lobby. ■ A. Burgess There will be no dissentient voices raised to this proposal. ■ dissentience noun (
rare)
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