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Collocations for dissent - noun

ADJECTIVE

serious, strong, vigorous (esp. AmE)
The war provoked strong dissent.
growing
internal
internal party dissent
legitimate
efforts to suppress legitimate dissent
political, religious
Political dissent is not tolerated.

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VERB + dissent

cause
express, register, show
There are many ways of expressing dissent.
It is easier to register dissent in the Internet era.
brook, tolerate
crush, quash, silence, stifle, suppress
The regime ruthlessly suppresses all dissent.

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PREPOSITION

dissent against
popular dissent against the Church
dissent from
His dissent from his family's religious beliefs caused a lot of ill-feeling.

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PHRASES

a voice of dissent
In the early 1960s the voices of dissent began to rise.

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