dissent的意思

dissent

英式音标[dɪ'sɛnt]
美式英标[dɪ'sent]

基本解释

vi. 不同意；不信奉国教

n. 异议；（大写）不信奉国教

dissent 异议

dis-, 不，非，使相反。-sent, 感觉，想法，词源同sense, assent. 即不一样的想法，异议。

dissent: dissent: see sense
dissent (v.): early 15c., from Latin dissentire "differ in sentiments, disagree, be at odds, contradict, quarrel," from dis- "differently" (see dis-) + sentire "to feel, think" (see sense (n.)). Related: Dissented; dissenting. The noun is 1580s, from the verb.
Has there ever been a society which has died of dissent? Several have died of conformity in our lifetime. [Jacob Bronowski "Science and Human Values," 1956]