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   dissentient

   /dɪˈsɛnʃ(ə)nt/

   adjective

   • 1. in opposition to a majority or official opinion: "dissentient voices were castigated as ‘hopeless bureaucrats’"

   noun

   • 1. a person who opposes a majority or official opinion.

   Word Origin early 17th century: from Latin dissentient- ‘differing in opinion’, from the verb dissentire.

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