The state or act of disagreeing; a feeling of not agreeing with something; discord or dissent.
From Latin dissentire plus the suffix -ence (state or quality of). An archaic or literary term emphasizing the emotional or experiential aspect of disagreement.
This word captures something modern 'disagreement' doesn't—it emphasizes the *feeling* of discord, the emotional reality when people can't see eye-to-eye!
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