'Dissidence' definitions:
Definition of 'dissidence'
(from WordNet)
noun
Disagreement; especially disagreement with the government
Definition of 'Dissidence'
From: GCIDE
- Dissidence \Dis"si*dence\, n. [L. dissidentia: cf. F. dissidence. See Dissident, a.] Disagreement; dissent; separation from the established religion. --I. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
- It is the dissidence of dissent. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'dissidence'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aggressiveness,
- agreement to disagree,
- alienation,
- antagonism,
- apostasy,
- argumentation,
- bellicosity,
- belligerence,
- bickering,
- clashing,
- combativeness,
- conflict,
- contention,
- contentiousness,
- contradiction,
- controversy,
- counter-culture,
- difference,
- disaccord,
- disaccordance,
- disagreement,
- disapprobation,
- disapproval,
- discord,
- discordance,
- discordancy,
- discrepancy,
- disharmony,
- disparity,
- dissatisfaction,
- dissension,
- dissent,
- dissentience,
- dissonance,
- disunion,
- disunity,
- divergence,
- diversity,
- dropping out,
- faction,
- factiousness,
- flak,
- heterodoxy,
- inaccordance,
- inequality,
- infighting,
- irascibility,
- irritability,
- jarring,
- litigiousness,
- minority opinion,
- misbelief,
- negation,
- nonagreement,
- nonassent,
- nonconcurrence,
- nonconformism,
- nonconformity,
- nonconsent,
- opposition,
- oppugnancy,
- partisan spirit,
- partisanship,
- pugnacity,
- quarrelsomeness,
- recusance,
- recusancy,
- rejection,
- repudiation,
- repugnance,
- schism,
- secession,
- shrewishness,
- strife,
- underground,
- unharmoniousness,
- unorthodoxy,
- variance,
- withdrawal