dissident

Speech parts

1. dissident - Noun

2. dissident - Adjective

3. dissident - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

No agreeing; dissenting; discordant; different.

One who disagrees or dissents; one who separates from the established religion.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

contestant dissenting protester dissenter heterodox objector heretical dissentient protestant reb maverick rogue iconoclast misfit growler
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Antonyms

paragon pedant friend observer eligible associate
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Hypernyms

individual person soul mortal somebody someone

Hyponyms

NIMBY nonconformist recusant co conscientious objector political dissident

Phrases with the word

tech dissident dissident group

Examples

After 1940, dissident Trotskyists developed more theoretically sophisticated accounts of state capitalism. Source: Internet

After regaining control over the dissident governors, Abd-ar-Rahman III tried to conquer the remaining Christian kingdoms of the Iberian peninsula, attacking them several times and forcing them back beyond the Cantabrian mountains. Source: Internet

A decade of industrialisation was accompanied also by a fervent cultural and literary production with many tensions between the regime and the dissident intellectuals. Source: Internet

Alfaro was also confronted by a dissident tendency inside his own party, directed by its General Leonidas Plaza and constituted by the upper middle class of Guayaquil. Source: Internet

Although the persecution of Falun Gong has drawn considerable condemnation outside China, some observers note that Falun Gong has failed to attract the level of sympathy and sustained attention afforded to other Chinese dissident groups. Source: Internet

A dissident member of the ACLU criticizes its post-9/11 actions as betraying core principles of its founders. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

dissheathe disship dissidence Dissident Irish Republican Army dissident right dissidently