brook dissent

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A formal term for 'tolerate' or 'allow' disagreement, often used in the negative (brook no dissent).

dissentVERB + NOUN

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Examples (10)

  • The authoritarian leader would brook no dissent from his advisors.
  • She refuses to brook any dissent in her department.
  • A true democracy must brook dissent and opposing views.
  • The dictator will not brook dissent of any kind.
  • Good leaders should brook dissent and encourage debate.
  • The CEO's inability to brook dissent led to poor decisions.
  • Constitutional governments are designed to brook dissent peacefully.
  • The military regime would brook no dissent from civilians.
  • A healthy organization must brook dissent from its members.
  • The committee chair refused to brook any dissent during the vote.