DISSENTING Synonyms

• a relation of direct opposition

• exact opposition

• a logical relation such that two propositions are contraries if both cannot be true but both can be false

• very opposed in nature or character or purpose

• of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true but both may be false

• resistant to guidance or discipline

• in an opposing direction

• strikingly different; tending to contrast

• not in agreement or harmony

• lacking in harmony

• tending to move apart in different directions

• diverging from another or from a standard

• characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards

• characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards

• characterized by attack on established beliefs or institutions

• destructive of images used in religious worship; said of religions, such as Islam, in which the representation of living things is prohibited

• not conforming to established customs or doctrines especially in religion

• characterized by active hostility

• be in contradiction with

• deny the truth of

• be resistant to

• prove negative; show to be false

• be different

• be of different opinions

• be of different opinions

• be different from one another

• be of different opinions

• be different from one another

• a formal and solemn declaration of objection

• the act of protesting; a public (often organized) manifestation of dissent

• the act of making a strong public expression of disagreement and disapproval

• utter words of protest

• express opposition through action or words

• affirm or avow formally or solemnly

• be different

• be of different opinions

• the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest

• the speech act of objecting

• the act of protesting; a public (often organized) manifestation of dissent

• (law) a procedure whereby a party to a suit says that a particular line of questioning or a particular witness or a piece of evidence or other matter is improper and should not be continued and asks the court to rule on its impropriety or illegality

• overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof

• prove to be false or incorrect

• the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality

• not accept something given or offered

• not accept as true

• deem wrong or inappropriate

• reject with contempt

• resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ

• refuse entrance or membership

• dismiss from consideration or a contest

• elude, especially in a baffling way

• stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something

• express opposition through action or words

• withstand the force of something

• resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ

• refuse to comply