dissenter
noun
dis·sent·er
di-ˈsen-tər 
1
: one that dissents
2
capitalized
: an English Nonconformist
Examples of dissenter in a Sentence
a society that prized conformity very highly and treated dissenters of any kind very harshly
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Jerusalem — On a hot Friday morning in September, dozens of Israelis turned up at Gaza’s border fence – not as soldiers, but as dissenters.
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Zeena Saifi, CNN Money, 5 Oct. 2025
One early dissenter was Dorothy Parker, who panned the final book in her Constant Reader column for The New Yorker.
—Bruce Handy, Air Mail, 4 Oct. 2025
The assumption among his peers had been that authority—law, custom, tradition—got the benefit of the doubt, and dissenters had to explain why they should be allowed to speak.
—Lula Konner, The New York Review of Books, 4 Oct. 2025
The task force has a record of controversy given its history of targeting protestors, dissenters, and people of color, according to the ACLU.
—Solcyré Burga, Time, 2 Oct. 2025
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Zeena Saifi, CNN Money, 5 Oct. 2025
One early dissenter was Dorothy Parker, who panned the final book in her Constant Reader column for The New Yorker.
—Bruce Handy, Air Mail, 4 Oct. 2025
The assumption among his peers had been that authority—law, custom, tradition—got the benefit of the doubt, and dissenters had to explain why they should be allowed to speak.
—Lula Konner, The New York Review of Books, 4 Oct. 2025
The task force has a record of controversy given its history of targeting protestors, dissenters, and people of color, according to the ACLU.
—Solcyré Burga, Time, 2 Oct. 2025
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“Dissenter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dissenter. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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dissenter
noun
dis·sent·er
dis-ˈent-ər
1
: one that dissents
2
capitalized
: an English Protestant who is not in agreement with the rules or beliefs of the Church of England
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