“This is the first sign of dissent against so many of the government's current policies.”

“The sect would react to any form of dissent by promptly excommunicating its apostates.”

“This led me to resign from the government and I became a dissident of the Sandinista Front.”

“In essence, we have an elected king, and any real dissension within the government tends to hand all those powers to the opposition.”

“There was great dissension over the questionable concentration of aerial resources.”

“The kingdom of Rome was also brought to confusion by civil dissension.”

“This was Kant's judicious way of amending Rousseau's notorious maxim, that, in a state founded on the social contract, the dissenter must be forced to be free.”

“The dissenter was proud of their decision to join the non-established Church.”

“While Pinter the playwright may extol existential ambiguity and incertitude, Pinter the activist and dissenter has no such anxiety.”

“The poetry of dissidence and resistance on the other hand has to create its own space, which is public as well as private, real as well as virtual.”

“Despite the overall consensus within the party, Sarah's dissidence on the issue of tax policy sparked intense debates and challenged the traditional views held by fellow members.”

“Nobody seemed to know who was putting this out, but its dissidence was a welcome antidote to the blandness of mainstream public radio.”

“The dissentient bravely voiced his opposition to the government's policies, challenging the prevailing ideas and practices of the majority.”

“However, it is not clear if this was the reality, and there were many dissentients from this thesis.”

“Views of these kinds, with their roots mainly in clinical observation and practice, held sway with many variations and some dissentients well into the twentieth century.”

“Taking his seat the next year, the split emerged within weeks, when he became one of two dissentients to the historic 1973 Roe v Wade judgment, which legalised abortion throughout America.”

“The club was so fraught with internal dissensions that it barely escaped relegation in the National Football League.”

“If you give offerings to those who have dissensions and unrighteousness due to works of Satan, God cannot give you blessings.”

“In addition, there are dissensions as to proceeding to research implying insane persons.”

“Family quarrels are, of all other dissentions, the most to be deprecated.”

“In 1701, he anonymously published the political pamphlet A Discourse on the Contests and Dissentions in Athens and Rome.”

“When Chinese dissenters claim that Chinese socialism is a form of feudalism they know whereof they speak.”

“The broadstroke put-down of dissenters and the accompanying lop-sided press coverage is a stalwart debating tactic.”

“The president abhors dissent and is totally dismissive not only of dissenters, but also of the people's right to dissent.”

“But to us dissidents that gumboil was a symbol of his apartness from the pack.”

“In some countries they have cameras in internet cafes to track political dissidents.”

“This did not stop some Labour dissidents from declaring themselves satisfied.”