dissent
/dɪˈsent/dih-SENT
/dɪˈsɛnt/dih-SENT
Meaningto feel apart
Common meaning: to disagree with an official view
- disapart, away; not
- sentto feel, perceive with the sensesLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1672 · scan
‘apart, away’ + ‘to feel, perceive with the senses’ → dissent
Journey through time
- Latindissentire‘to differ in feeling’source
- Englishdissent‘to disagree with an official view’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
- No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
- No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.
Origin: Built on Latin sentiō ‘to feel, perceive with the senses’.
Roots
- sentiō, sēnsī, sēnsum Latin “to feel, perceive with the senses”
Related words
Building blocks are an automatic split · open in app