I. ]nt\ noun
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Etymology: Latin dissentient-, dissentiens, present participle of dissentire to dissent — more at dissent
: one that dissents
gained him a vote of confidence with only four dissentients — E.A.Peers
II. adjective
Etymology: Latin dissentient-, dissentiens, present participle
: not concurring : dissenting, disagreeing
such suppression does not carry with it the destruction of recalcitrant individuals but only of their powers of dissentient action — Samuel Alexander