I. -vənt noun
Etymology: Latin dissolvent-, dissolvens, present participle of dissolvere
: something that is dissolvent
a corrosive dissolvent upon traditional orthodoxy — F.H.A.Micklewright
industrial democracy, itself a product of cultural dissolution, is a dissolvent of decadent cultures — Waldo Frank
II. adjective
Etymology: Latin dissolvent-, dissolvens, present participle
1. : solvent 2
2. : tending to dissipate or to destroy by slow degrees
its respect for the rights of religious dissent has proved a dissolvent force both for bigotries and hostilities — Max Lerner