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dissenting

adjective as in disagreeing

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adjective as in dissident

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He said he had expected a sleepy affair, where he would be one of the few people with a dissenting opinion.

In a dissenting opinion, Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall said in 1980 it was designed to “deprive poor and minority women of the constitutional right to choose abortion.”

From Salon

Yet, in any debate about the worst transfer deal Manchester United have ever made, the chances are there will be few dissenting voices if Antony's name is pushed forward.

From BBC

There have been reports for decades that hospitalisation was being used in China as a way of detaining dissenting citizens without involving the courts.

From BBC

The Supreme Court ruled without dissenting opinions that the law did not violate the US Constitution's First Amendment protection against government abridgment of free speech.

From BBC

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