Antonym: content. Similar words: discontentment, discontinue, discontinuance, content, contentment, malcontent, contention, contentious. Meaning: [‚dɪskən'tent] n. a longing for something better than the present situation. v. make dissatisfied. adj. showing or experiencing dissatisfaction or restless longing.
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91 Military action also served as an outlet for widespread samurai discontent.
92 They focused popular discontent over the double-standard and the complicity of aristocratic men in child prostitution.
93 But can violence alter the structure of discontent in a culture of desire?
94 Taken together, however, the selections form a pattern of discontent.
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95 It would seem that one source of industrial discontent in the modern world is the structure and content of work itself.
96 While major political reforms had been secured, discontent remained among young supporters of the democracy movement.
97 The main effect of liberalisation was to sharpen the edge of peasant discontent.
98 Millionaire Moores, a member of the Littlewoods pools family, is well aware of the discontent on the terraces.
99 Slavery and the slave trade, however, denied self-love to the slave, provoking permanent discontent and possible rebellion.
100 There has been considerable discontent among teachers over pay and conditions.
101 Despite similar appeals by government officials, public discontent remained at a high level, and most workers continued their strike.
102 The discontent and frustration that you feel is entirely your own creation. Stephen Richards
103 But the militants at grassroots level ruthlessly exploited discontent over pay and strikes spread like a virus.
104 Scientists even begin to express openly their discontent with and unease over the reigning paradigm.
105 Far better to draw them into the school to nip things in the bud than leave them to ferment discontent.
106 Glimpses of the West whetted appetites and fuelled discontent at home.
107 Over the next two years the protest movement, a mixture of genuine discontent, sincere concern and self-indulgence, petered out.
108 Mendel points out that this helped pave the way for economic crises that aggravated social discontent before 1905.
109 The military leader was returned to the post he first held from 1979 until 1991, when public discontent forced him out.
110 Discontent with the traditional role of housewife is seen as a middle-class prerogative.
111 The depression which spread from 1899 only temporarily weakened the strike movement and aggravated unemployment and urban discontent.
112 In August 1680 simmering peasant discontent in the district of Mondovi had flared up in open rebellion.
113 But new evidence is emerging that shows even greater military discontent with the general's rule than was previously thought.
114 All the good ideas put forward in these reports will serve only to elevate more people into the region of discontent.
115 By the time she returned to effective public life the turbulent years of mass riot and discontent on the mainland were past.
116 The concessions in the spring parliament of 1340 did not, however, allay the discontent in the countryside.
117 Discontent grew, however, when elected black mayors found that they had few economic resources to command.
118 The Wealth of Nations, however, continued to be viewed with discontent and alarm by the men of the older wisdom.
119 Following this calamity, there was a widespread feeling of discontent in the country.
120 Enough wealth has trickled back to the rural areas in the form of remittances to keep the lid on discontent.
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