dissentient

dissentient
dissentience, dissentiency, n.dissentiently, adv.
/di sen"sheuhnt/, adj.
1. dissenting, esp. from the opinion of the majority.
n.
2. a person who dissents.
[1615-25; < L dissentient- (s. of dissentiens, prp. of dissentire), equiv. to dissenti- (see DISSENT) + -ent- -ENT]

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