Dissentiency

/dɪˈsɛnʃənsi/ noun

Definition

The quality or state of disagreeing; dissent or the tendency to express disagreement.

Etymology

From Latin dissentire with the suffix -ency. A rare variant form emphasizing the inherent quality or tendency toward disagreement.

Kelly Says

This ultra-rare word appears almost nowhere in modern English—it's a linguistic fossil showing how 17th-century scholars created new words to describe abstract disagreement!

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