dissidence
/ˈdɪsɪd(ə)ns
/noun [mass noun]
Protest against official policy: the decree’s purpose was to suppress the dissidence of the minority tribes in the eastern states...
- It's the difference between protest and dissidence really.
- The mountains stand as defiant outposts of tradition yet have also always been the homeland of rebellion, dissidence and resistance.
- One can strip the fifties of its illusive aura of dull conformity without inflating cultural dissidence or generational muscle-flexing into political resistance.
Synonyms
disagreement, dissent, disaccord, discord, discontent, disapproval;
opposition, resistance, protest, insurrection, rebellion, sedition
Origin
Mid 17th century: from Latin dissidentia, from dissident- 'sitting apart' (see dissident).
- make a fuss over (or of)
- make a galah of oneself
- make (a) game of
- make a go of
- make a hames of
- make a hash of
- make-ahead
- make a hit
- make a hole in
- make a Horlicks of
- make a House
- make a joke of
- make a killing
- make allowance(s) for
- make a man out of someone
- make a market
- make a match
- make a meal of
- make a mess
- make a mess of
- make a mockery of
- make (a) mock of
- make a monkey of (or out of) someone
- make a mountain out of a molehill
- make a move