Word: dissentient
Category: dissentient
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Synonyms: dissentient
waste time, dally, dawdle, loiter, linger, take one's time, delay, temporize, stall, procrastinate, pussyfoot around, drag one's feet, dither, hesitate, falter, vacillate, waver, hem and haw, shilly-shally, lollygag, let the grass grow under one's feet, tarry, dillydally, shillyshally, drag one's heels
Translations: dissentient
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french
Translations:
discordant
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russian
Translations:
инакомыслящий
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czech
Translations:
nesouhlasný
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ukrainian
Translations:
супротивний
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estonian
Translations:
lahkusuline
The meaning and "use of": dissentient
adjective
- in opposition to a majority or official opinion. - dissentient voices were castigated as “hopeless bureaucrats.”
- a person who opposes a majority or official opinion. - It must think it really did win the last state election, even though the Libs polled more votes and gained more seats than Labor, which came to office only through backroom deals with two or three Liberal dissentients .
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