dissent - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • stifle: What this is really about is stifling dissent on a national scale.
  • repress: Actual war economies typically cite a greater public good when they repress dissent and debate.
  • criminalize: He said that with all the talk of " violence " the government was trying to criminalize dissent.
  • suppress: The new crime would further suppress dissent, without needing to demonstrate any link with a banned organization.
  • quell: Governments used to relying upon force to quell dissent are unlikely to make the reforms necessary to preserve social cohesion.
  • tolerate: Indeed, there is a danger it will arouse suspicions that the management committee is unwilling to tolerate dissent or justify its actions.

Adjective modifier

  • Protestant: The Manuscript Collection This collection relates mostly to the history of radical Protestant Dissent in England.
  • legitimate: Legitimate dissent doesn't create things like the secret Chapman Memo from the AAC Leadership.
  • internal: Let the other party leaders get paranoid about internal dissent.
  • religious: Following the Reformation the town became a center for religious dissent.
  • political: Political Dissent in the Iliad " There is a crisis in politics.
  • radical: The Manuscript Collection This collection relates mostly to the history of radical Protestant Dissent in England.

Preposition: on

  • ground: Even Millett L.J. , who dissented on other grounds, said that such objections had little force today.

Preposition: in

  • science: Brian Martin Brian Martin is an Australian physicist, who has published writings on the suppression of dissent in science.

Preposition: from

  • opinion: Alexander Macdonald, a member of the Committee, dissented from the opinions of the Committee.
  • view: We do not dissent from the view that SMR is indeed the single best readily available indicator.
  • proposal: We dissent from the proposal for a core curriculum, however worthy the idea.
  • consensus: There's nothing wrong with dissent, but it is just that - dissent from the consensus!
  • conclusion: Itâs difficult to dissent from the conclusion that compulsory British history has been imposed on examination groups for purely political reasons.

Preposition: by

  • word: Law 12: A player is cautioned and shown the yellow card if he shows dissent by word or action.

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