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Webster 1913 Edition


Dissentient

Dis-sen′tient

,
Adj.
[L.
dissentiens
, p. pr. of
dissentire
. See
Dissent
,
Verb.
I.
]
Disagreeing; declaring dissent; dissenting.
Noun.
One who dissents.
Macaulay.

Webster 1828 Edition


Dissentient

DISSENTIENT

,
Adj.
Disagreeing; declaring dissent.

DISSENTIENT

,
Noun.
One who disagrees and declares his dissent.

Definition 2024


dissentient

dissentient

English

Noun

dissentient (plural dissentients)

  1. A dissenter.

Adjective

dissentient (comparative more dissentient, superlative most dissentient)

  1. Dissenting; of a different opinion.
    • 1914, Saki, ‘The Story-teller’, Beasts and Superbeasts, Penguin 2000 (Complete Short Stories), p. 354:
      A dissentient opinion came from the aunt.

Latin

Verb

dissentient

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of dissentiō