Dissent – strong disagreement with an official view or policy
(Pronounced diss-ent)
To remember the definition of the word dissent, use the following mnemonic:
This man was sent off (dissent). Some spectators strongly disagreed.
Examples of dissent in a sentence
In those days, religious dissent was not tolerated.
I dissent altogether from such an unwise idea.
In the early 1960s, the voices of dissent began to rise.
