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ROGET'S THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES ...

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unbeliever, skeptic, cynic; misbeliever.1, pyrrhonist; heretic &c (heterodox) 984.<br />

V. be incredulous &c adj.; distrust &c (disbelieve) 485; refuse to believe; shut one's eyes<br />

to, shut one's ears to; turn a deaf ear to; hold aloof, ignore, nullis jurare in verba magistri<br />

[Lat.].<br />

Adj. incredulous, skeptical, unbelieving, inconvincible † ; hard of belief, shy of belief,<br />

disposed to doubt, indisposed to believe; suspicious, scrupulous, distrustful, cynical;<br />

488. Assent -- N. assent, assentment † ; acquiescence, admission; nod; accord, concord,<br />

concordance; agreement &c 23; affirmance, affirmation; recognition, acknowledgment,<br />

avowal; confession of faith.<br />

unanimity, common consent, consensus, acclamation, chorus, vox populi; popular<br />

belief, current belief, current opinion; public opinion; concurrence &c (of causes) 178;<br />

cooperation &c (voluntary) 709.<br />

ratification, confirmation, corroboration, approval, acceptance, visa; indorsement &c<br />

(record) 551 [Obs.].<br />

consent &c (compliance) 762.<br />

pressure to conform, herd instinct, peer pressure.<br />

V. assent; give assent, yield assent, nod assent; acquiesce; agree &c 23; receive, accept,<br />

accede, accord, concur, lend oneself to, consent, coincide, reciprocate, go with; be at one<br />

with &c adj.; go along with, chime in with, strike in with, close in with; echo, enter into<br />

one's views, agree in opinion; vote, give one's voice for; recognize; subscribe to, conform<br />

to, defer to; say yes to, say ditto, amen to, say aye to.<br />

acknowledge, own, admit, allow, avow, confess; concede &c (yield) 762; come round<br />

to; abide by; permit &c 760.<br />

arrive at an understanding, come to an understanding, come to terms, come to an<br />

agreement.<br />

confirm, affirm; ratify, appprove, indorse, countersign; corroborate &c 467.<br />

go with the stream, swim with the stream, go with the flow, blow with the wind; be in<br />

fashion, join in the chorus, join the crowd, be one of the guys, be part of the group, go<br />

with the crowd, don't make waves; be in every mouth.<br />

Adj. assenting &c v.; of one accord, of one mind; of the same mind, at one with, agreed,<br />

acquiescent, content; willing &c 602.<br />

uncontradicted, unchallenged, unquestioned, uncontroverted.<br />

carried, agreed, nem.<br />

con. [Lat.], nemine contradicente [Lat.], &c adv.; unanimous; agreed on all hands,<br />

carried by acclamation.<br />

affirmative &c 535.<br />

Adv. yes, yea, ay, aye, true; good; well; very well, very true; well and good; granted;<br />

even so, just so; to be sure, 'thou hast said', you said it, you said a mouthful; truly,<br />

exactly, precisely, that's just it, indeed, certainly, you bet, certes [Lat.], ex concesso<br />

[Lat.]; of course, unquestionably, assuredly, no doubt, doubtless; naturally, natch.<br />

be it so; so be it, so let it be; amen; willingly &c 602.<br />

affirmatively, in the affirmative.<br />

OK, all right, might as well, why not? with one consent, with one voice, with one<br />

accord; unanimously, una voce, by common consent, in chorus, to a man; nem.

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