dissentient adjective 1noun 1forms 3 adjective1 •Dissenting; of a different opinion.Moody and Sankey had sung their way into every dissentient chapel, and Boshy appreciated their words thoroughly, and sang them to a wrong tune incessantly. — 1907 noun1 •A dissenter.Naturally, the wisdom of striking to remedy grievances was questioned; but there were few dissentients from the view that the Government and B.T.C. are mishandling the human relations involved. — 1962 formsdissentients · more dissentient · most dissentient