A system, ideology, or practice based on dissent or disagreement; opposition to prevailing orthodoxy as a principle.
From 'dissent' plus the noun-forming suffix -ism, which typically creates ideologies, movements, or systems. This is a rare formation suggesting dissent as an organized stance.
While never common, 'dissentism' captures something real in intellectual history: movements like medieval mysticism or Enlightenment philosophy that systematized disagreement itself as their core principle.
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