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- noun Common misspelling of
dissension .
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Examples
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If this dissention is a “morale problem”, then perhaps there is a problem with the military action itself.
Think Progress » Rush on Katrina: “We Can Make This a Category 5 Hurricane Destruction of the Left” 2005
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In the early days of Operation Iraqi Disaster, I engaged in some fact-based blog discussion with what can only be described as a hard-right, neo-fascist group of truly wacky self-described “veterans”, who took my dissention from the party line as a clear case of Treason, and Anti-Americanism.
Waldo Jaquith - High-profile bloggers planning code of conduct. 2007
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Ladies I can't for the life of me figure out why I got so much dissention from a simple post about the beauty of Victorian life that was LEFT FOR US.
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Unfortunately dissention is REQUISITE to have a functional democracy.
Think Progress » Rush on Katrina: “We Can Make This a Category 5 Hurricane Destruction of the Left” 2005
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And according to a secret e-mail forwarded from inside the Teabagger HQ, in Texas, we learn that the ACORNs will be reporting on "dissention" - directly to President Obama.
Wonkette » top 2009
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But if that weren’t enough, though 5 justices agreed on the opinion, Justice Clarence Thomas saw fit to actually read the beginning of his dissention from the bench.
Think Progress » Thomas attacks Stevens in Hamdan opinion. 2006
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And that was part -- he was a-- he was a very nervous, sensitive man and if crossed, he just couldn't tolerate any kind of dissention, as far as I could see, reading these letters so closely as I did.
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I mean, there's no reason for us to have any kind of dissention over this.
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One has to realize that, for these men, the chain of command is pretty small (in some of their cases, only 2 or 3 people before Rumsfeld himself) and individuals in senior command positions are notoriously tight lipped about any kind of dissention (they don’t want it filtering down to the troops beneath them).
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Kendrick Meek, of course, has the strong endorsement of President Obama, Bill Clinton, but there's obviously dissention in the Democratic ranks.
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