Noun : political dissidence. From Dictionary.com.
Searching for the Arabic word for "dissidence" a few years back, Egyptian writer Nawal el-Saadawi was stumped. From Wordnik.com. [A War Against Intellectuals] Reference
The so-called dissidence is in the media only. From Wordnik.com. [The Hindu - Front Page] Reference
A spirit of dissidence, and challenging authority?. From Wordnik.com. [Nina Burleigh: Progressive Patriotism] Reference
The administration is coordinated when it needs dissidence. From Wordnik.com. [A Missed Opportunity: Human Rights in Asia] Reference
I would note a couple of minor areas of dissidence I found. From Wordnik.com. [Ten Suggestions For the First 100 Days] Reference
All right, so New York doesn't cut it's dissidence much slack. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 8, 2004] Reference
Maybe Cuba would find it harder to repress its dissidence and democrats. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 23, 2008] Reference
Do complex moral issues fill you with a paralyzing cognitive dissidence?. From Wordnik.com. [GOOD Magazine: The Ill-Advised Fight Against Malapropisms] Reference
There seems to me, at least, to be some dissidence, if you will, in this. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 9, 2004] Reference
Even now the margin between dissidence and terror is dangerously blurred. From Wordnik.com. [Realistically, 9/11] Reference
"It has never been our policy to tolerute Hydran dissidence," Kensoe said. From Wordnik.com. [Dreamfall]
GOLDBERG: (INAUDIBLE) there's a lot of cognitive dissidence going on there. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 15, 2006] Reference
At the same time, there have been real crackdowns on dissent, on dissidence. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 19, 2009] Reference
To me, there was a lot of dissidence here between what we've seen in Washington. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 18, 2009] Reference
And the result for the country is confusion and dissidence and poor performance. From Wordnik.com. [President And Vp Remarks At Dnc Dinner] Reference
Labor strife was virtually unheard of, and union dissidence quickly snuffed out. From Wordnik.com. [Mexico Ends Mine Standoff] Reference
One of those bloggers actually contributed to their handbook for cyber dissidence. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 12, 2006] Reference
His kitchen table was, to some extent, a center of dissidence in the Soviet Union. From Wordnik.com. [Lenin's Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet Empire] Reference
If drug use is considered an act of disobedience or dissidence, the total comes to 55%. From Wordnik.com. [Bob Ostertag: Death of an American Hero] Reference
How does the Cuban state analyze the right to dissidence and the exercise of criticism?. From Wordnik.com. [JULIO SCHERER GARCIA INTERVIEW WITH CASTRO] Reference
How much dissidence is accepted, and how much of a threat is it considered to the state?. From Wordnik.com. [Castro Interview With Brazilian TV During Visit] Reference
It turns out that the phantom of dissidence, which never was, is now turned into hunger. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Views Cuban Emigre Issue] Reference
And she cannot, as far as the cognitive dissidence, decide what to do in this particular case. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 17, 2009] Reference
His perception, insight, and presentation of evidence to support his dissidence are without equal. From Wordnik.com. [Where is the Grand Inquisitor When You Need Him?] Reference
He praised the dissidence of Andrei Sakharov, the virtues of the press, the power of market economics. From Wordnik.com. [Now, Yalta On The Fly] Reference
And that causes this terrible dissidence -- it's what's causing the credibility problem the president has. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 18, 2005] Reference
They had come because they did not want to miss the inevitable collision between dissidence and authority. From Wordnik.com. [The Fire In His Hands]
I confess that the conditions have not yet arrived that would enable us to develop dissidence in the mass media. From Wordnik.com. [JULIO SCHERER GARCIA INTERVIEW WITH CASTRO] Reference
What begins as a meditation on dissidence turns into a thoughtful and witty exploration of the nature of consciousness. From Wordnik.com. [Stop-Rocks] Reference
The Iranian regime has been in power for more than 30 years, violently and constantly silencing any form of dissidence. From Wordnik.com. [Marina Nemat: Prisoners in Tehran] Reference
Most important, it conveys the message that there is no place for a social dialogue, and that dissidence will be ignored. From Wordnik.com. [Saskia Sassen: Beyond Protests: Students Making the Pieces of a Different Society] Reference
ALBRIGHT: Well, we do know that when the light is shined on dissidence that it brings them much more safety and notoriety. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 9, 2003] Reference
The tradition of Soviet dissidence counts among its fallen hundreds of thousands of minds that dared not to be conditioned. From Wordnik.com. [Pavlovian Sleight-of-Words] Reference
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