dissidence

English

Etymology

From Latin dissideō (“disagree”, literally “sit apart”), from dis- + sedeō (“sit”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɪsɪdəns/

Noun

dissidence (countable and uncountable, plural dissidences)

1. The state of being dissident; dissent
   • 1740, James Durham, “Some preparatory Endeavours for uniting”, in The Dying Man’s Testament to the Church of Scotland: Or, A Treatise concerning Scandal, page 309:

     […] and it ſome Way neceſſitateth them in a divided Way to endeavour ſome other Way of entering, and to increaſe their Diſſidence of them who ſo partially (in their Eſteem at leaſt) manages Matters, and prefers the ſtrengthening of a Side, to the Edification of the Church […]

   • 1768, Edward Cave, editor, The Gentleman's Magazine‎^[1]:

     I home Mr. L’s diſſidence will not be hurt if I juſt ſuggeſt that his difficulty in the golden verſes, communicated to you laſt May, p. 224, is no difficulty at all.

   • 1775 March 22, Edmund Burke, “Speech on Conciliation with America”, in The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, volume II, Dublin: William Porter, published 1793, page 41:

     All proteſtantiſm, even the moſt cold and paſſive, is a fort of diſſent. But the religion moſt prevalent in our northern colonies is a refinement on the principle of reſiſtance ; it is the diſſidence of diſſent ; and the proteſtantiſm of the proteſtant religion.

French

Etymology

From Latin dissidentia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.si.dɑ̃s/

Noun

dissidence f (plural dissidences)

1. dissent, dissidence

Related terms

• dissident

Further reading

• “dissidence”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.