dissentient

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   expressing disagreement with a prevailing opinion, decision, or majority

   The committee appended a dissentient opinion to the final report.

2. 2
   noun

   a person who disagrees with a majority or accepted position

   Only one dissentient voted against the resolution.

From Latin dissentient-, the stem of dissentiens ("disagreeing"), present participle of dissentire, from dis- ("apart") + sentire ("to feel, think"). English has used the adjective since the seventeenth century; the noun developed for a person holding a dissenting view.

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