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DISSIDENCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dissidence mean? 

DISSIDENCE (noun)
  The noun DISSIDENCE has 1 sense:

1. disagreement; especially disagreement with the governmentplay

  Familiarity information: DISSIDENCE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DISSIDENCE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Disagreement; especially disagreement with the government

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("dissidence" is a kind of...):

disagreement (the speech act of disagreeing or arguing or disputing)

Derivation:

dissident (disagreeing, especially with a majority)

dissident (characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards)


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