Dissent vs Contention - What's the difference?
dissent | contention |
To disagree; to withhold assent. Construed with from'' (or, formerly, ''to ).
* 1827 Thomas Jarman, Powell's Essay on Devises 2.293:
* 1830 Isaac D'Israeli, Commentaries on the Life and Reign of Charles the First 3.9.207:
To differ from , especially in opinion, beliefs, etc.
* 1654 John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon the Book of Job 33.32:
* 1662 Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (Dialogue 2):
* 1871 George Grote, Fragments on Ethical Subjects 2.37:
(obsolete) To be different; to have contrary characteristics.
Disagreement with the ideas, doctrines, decrees, etc. of a political party, government or religion.
An act of disagreeing with, or deviating from, the views and opinions of those holding authority.
(Anglo-American common law) A separate opinion filed in a case by judges who disagree with the outcome of the majority of the court in that case
(sports)
* 2014 , Jacob Steinberg, "
struggle, contest, strife, argument, debate
A point maintained in an argument, or a line of argument taken in its support; the subject matter of discussion of strife; a position taken or contended for.
(computing, telecommunications) Competition by parts of a system or its users for a limited resource.
As nouns the difference between dissent and contention
is that dissent is disagreement with the ideas, doctrines, decrees, etc of a political party, government or religion while contention is struggle, contest, strife, argument, debate.As a verb dissent
is to disagree; to withhold assent construed with from'' (or, formerly, ''to ).dissent
English
Verb
(en verb)- Where a trustee refuses either to assent or dissent , the Court will itself exercise his authority.
- Those who openly dissented from the acts which the King had carried through the Parliament.
- Some are so eristical and teasty, that they will not ... bear with any that dissent .
- Natural reason dictates, that motion ought to be assigned to the bodies, which in kind and essence most agree with those bodies which do undoubtedly move, and rest to those which most dissent from them.
- If the public dissent from our views, we say that they ought to concur with us.
- (Hooker)
Antonyms
* (disagree) agree, assent, follow, allow, acceptReferences
*Noun
(en noun)Wigan shock Manchester City in FA Cup again to reach semi-finals", The Guardian , 9 March 2014:
- City had been woeful, their anger at their own inertia summed up when Samir Nasri received a booking for dissent , and they did not have a shot on target until the 66th minute.
Antonyms
* agreement, assent, consensus, capitulationSee also
* majority opinionAnagrams
* ----contention
English
(wikipedia contention)Noun
(en noun)- It is my contention that state lotteries are taxes on stupid people.
