Both Uses
dissent
in
Atlas Shrugged
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- "When everybody agrees," Taggart's voice suddenly went shrill, "when people are unanimous, how does one man dare to dissent?†
Chpt 1.3dissent = to disagree; or disagreement
- Your mind is your only judge of truth-and if others dissent from your verdict, reality is the court of final appeal.†
Chpt 3.7 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(dissent) to disagree; or disagreement or conflict -- typically between people who cooperate, and often with official or majority beliefsA Supreme Court dissenting opinion is a written opinion that represents the beliefs of one or more justices who disagreed with the majority.
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)