Dissentism

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The practice or act of dissent. nonstandard, rare, uncountable

    "I like to think that the Star, in order to get the benefit of the irony on landlordism, has to digest the irony on dissentism."

  2. 2
    The beliefs or practices of the English Dissenters. historical, uncountable

    "The natural man will be carried away, and will flit about with the wind of every false doctrine. Protestantism may go over to Puseyism; Dissentism may go over to Congregationalism; and all may merge into Catholicism; but what of all that?"

Synonyms

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nonconformity

Example

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"I like to think that the Star, in order to get the benefit of the irony on landlordism, has to digest the irony on dissentism."

Etymology

From dissent + -ism.

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