dissentism meaning (rare): definition, etymology and quotations

dissentism

nounalso spelled Dissentism

Etymology From dissent + -ism.

Nonstandard, Rare The practice or act of dissent.

I like to think that the Star, in order to get the benefit of the irony on landlordism, has to digest the irony on dissentism.1866, Matthew Arnold, Letter to his mother [Mary Penrose]:
It is the humanities' contribution to the fraternity of mutations in which appear scientism, methodism, democratism, communitarianism, and dissentism.2008, Robert B. Heilman, The Ghost on the Ramparts and Other Essays in the Humanities, University of Georgia Press, →ISBN, page 152:

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Rinchan Shah was the ruler of Kashmir at that time, who practiced Buddhism, while his wife, Kota Rani daughter of Ram Chandrina, was a follower of Hindu Dharma. The religious divergences between the two spouses always created the dissentism.2021 October 31, Khalid Hussain Mir, “Abdul Rahman Bulbul Shah: The first preacher of Islam in Kashmir”, in Rising Kashmir, archived from the original on 02 Dec 2022:

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Christianity, Protestantism Historical The beliefs or practices of the English Dissenters.

The natural man will be carried away, and will flit about with the wind of every false doctrine. Protestantism may go over to Puseyism; Dissentism may go over to Congregationalism; and all may merge into Catholicism; but what of all that?1851, Joseph Irons, Zion has nothing to fear from Popery, page 4:
Is it a second Church-of-England establishment, created out of the taxes, in order to strengthen the patronage of the executive power, according to its imaginary requirements, from the healthy growth of Protestant dissentism?1859, William Chadwick, The Life and Times of Daniel Defoe, John Russell Smith, →ISBN, page 44:

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The present study examines an aspect of Green's professional and political life that has been noted but never adequately explained by previous studies — namely, his philo-Dissentism.2004, Denys Leighton, The Greenian Moment, Imprint Academic, →ISBN:

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