dissensus
/dɪˈsɛnsəs
/noun [mass noun]
Widespread dissent: the ‘shame’ attached to being held responsible for social dissensus...
- Let us tactically begin with the social form consensus and its opposite dissensus.
- Once value consensus is eclipsed by dissensus, religion is a natural point of dissension around which political and cultural agendas cluster.
- Univariate analysis shows dissensus rather than consensus in attitudes and perceptions and that, with the exception of marijuana, control attitudes toward drug use reflect the existing legal code.
Origin
1960s: from dis- (expressing reversal) + a shortened form of consensus, or from Latin dissensus 'disagreement'.