DISSIDENCE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Disagreement; especially disagreement with the government

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("dissidence" is a kind of...):

disagreement (the speech act of disagreeing or arguing or disputing)

Derivation:

dissident (disagreeing, especially with a majority)

dissident (characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards)