dissident
dissident
adjectiveDefinition of DISSIDENT
deviating from commonly accepted beliefs or practices <dissident elements within the Catholic Church>
Synonyms dissentient, dissenting, dissident, heterodox, iconoclastic, maverick, nonconformist, nonorthodox, out-there, unconventional, unorthodox
Related Words free-spirited, freethinking, nontraditional; apostate, defecting, renegade; schismatic (also schismatical), sectarian, separatist
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