What does dissent mean?
Word: Dissent
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Dissent means strong disagreement with an official decision or with what most people think; it can also be a verb, to disagree openly.
Synonyms: disagreement, protest, opposition
Antonyms: agreement, approval
Sounds like: descent (a movement downwards, or family background)
How do you spell dissent?
Syllables: dis - sent
Tricky part: The prefix dis meets a word beginning with s, so two s's stand together. Students often drop one and write disent.
Watch out for: disent, desent
Memory tip: Dissent has two s's, one for each side of the argument.
Dissent in a sentence
Example 1: There was no dissent when the class voted to plant trees on the school ground.
Example 2: The new rule on mobile phones met with loud dissent from the senior students.
Example 3: One member of the committee voiced her dissent but signed the plan anyway.
Fun Fact
Dissent comes from the Latin dissentire, to feel differently: dis means apart and sentire means to feel.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word:
dissent
a) objection
b) silence
c) decision
d) applause
Show answer
a) objection. Dissent is open disagreement, which is what an objection is.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) disagrement
b) arguement
c) oposition
d) dissent
Show answer
d) dissent. Opposition needs pp, argument drops the e of argue, and disagreement keeps the double e of agree.
Word Cookie
Find the extra letter in the word:
disscent
a) c
b) t
c) n
d) s
Show answer
a) c. Dissent has no c; descent, its sound-alike, is the word with sc.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
Not one parent raised any dissant when the school moved sports day to a cooler month.
a) raised
b) cooler
c) dissant
d) parent
Show answer
c) dissant. The last vowel is e, as in sent.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. In which sentence is dissent the right word?
a) Her family is of Irish dissent.
b) He wore a dissent shirt to the party.
c) The plane began its dissent into Chennai.
d) A few members voiced their dissent at the vote.
Show answer
d) A few members voiced their dissent at the vote.
2. Which of these is an example of dissent?
a) a pupil speaking out against a new rule
b) a class clapping at the end of a song
c) a family sharing lunch at a picnic
d) a team cheering loudly for its captain
Show answer
a) a pupil speaking out against a new rule
