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dissidence

/ˈdɪsɪdəns/

dissidence noun: the state of being dissident; dissent.

Noun

dissidence (countable and uncountable, plural dissidences)

  1. The state of being dissident; dissent
    • […]and it ſome Way neceſſitateth them in a divided Way to endeavour ſome other Way of entering, and to increaſe their Diſſidence of them who ſo partially (in their Eſteem at leaſt) manages Matters, and prefers the ſtrengthening of a Side, to the Edification of the Church[…]1740, James Durham, “Some preparatory Endeavours for uniting”, in The Dying Man’s Testament to the Church of Scotland: Or, A Treatise concerning Scandal, page 309
    • I home Mr. L’s diſſidence will not be hurt if I juſt ſuggeſt that his difficulty in the golden verſes, communicated to you laſt May, p. 224, is no difficulty at all.1768, Edward Cave, editor, The Gentleman's Magazine

dissidence meaning in Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada

dissidence in Tamil

இணக்க மற்றவர், இணக்கமற்ற, ஒத்திராத, மாறுபட், மாறுபட்டவர்

dissidence in Malayalam

discord, disagreement, dissent
ഭിന്നാഭിപ്രായം, യോജിപ്പില്ലായ്മ, വിയോജിപ്പ്, അഭിപ്രായവ്യത്യാസം, വിസമ്മതം, അപസ്വരം

dissidence in Kannada

ಒಪ್ಪದಿರುವಿಕೆ

Forms of dissidence

pluraldissidences

Origin of dissidence

From Latin dissideō (“disagree”, literally “sit apart”), from dis- + sedeō (“sit”).

Words formed from dissidence

Questions about dissidence

What does dissidence mean?
Dissidence means the state of being dissident; dissent.
What is dissidence in Tamil?
Dissidence in Tamil is இணக்க மற்றவர், இணக்கமற்ற, ஒத்திராத. See Dissidence meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is dissidence?
Dissidence is a noun.
How do you pronounce dissidence?
Dissidence is pronounced /ˈdɪsɪdəns/ (UK).
What is the plural of dissidence?
The plural of dissidence is dissidences.

Words near dissidence in the dictionary

  1. disships
  2. disshiver
  3. disshivered
  4. disshivering
  5. disshivers
  6. dissidence
  7. dissidences
  8. dissident
  9. dissident right
  10. dissidently
  11. dissidents

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: dissidence (page history and authors); dissidence (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); dissidence (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); dissidence (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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