dissident

adjective dis·si·dent \ -dənt \

|Updated on: 14 Aug 2018

Examples: dissident in a Sentence

Definition of dissident

: disagreeing especially with an established religious or political system, organization, or belief

dissident elements in the armed forces

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dissident

noun

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Examples of dissident in a Sentence

dissident elements within the Catholic Church

Recent Examples of dissident from the Web

Together, the dissident investors held roughly 9 percent of Destination Maternity, or about 14.6 million shares.

— erin arvedlund, Philly.com, "Shareholders vote in new (female) CEO at Destination Maternity: Marla Ryan," 23 May 2018
Ecuador's President Lenin Moreno returned home after photos surfaced indicating three journalists kidnapped by a Colombia dissident group had been killed.

— Fox News, "More leaders join Trump in dropping out of Americas Summit," 13 Apr. 2018
Police on Friday blamed dissident groups including the Real IRA for several nights of violence in Londonderry.

— NBC News, "Explosive thrown at house of former Irish nationalist leader Gerry Adams," 14 July 2018
The brigades were organized along paramilitary lines and have been frequently deployed by the government to repress the dissident Ladies in White and other opposition groups.

— nora gámez torres, miamiherald, "He now hunts Cuban human-rights abusers in the U.S. Was he once an offender himself?," 12 July 2018
Through Doc's recollections of his own writing as a dissident poet in the '70s, Monteras highlights the artist’s responsibility to engage with the problems of the world.

— clarence tsui, The Hollywood Reporter, "'Respeto': Film Review," 11 July 2018
The Teamsters have faced challenges from dissident groups criticizing deals the union has reached.

— kelly yamanouchi, ajc, "UPS-Teamsters labor deal tackles weekend deliveries, potential for drones and driverless vehicles," 10 July 2018
Last week, Moreno said the three employees of Ecuador’s El Comercio newspaper had been killed by their captors, and on Tuesday the dissident rebels released a proof-of-life video containing the testimony of two new civilian captives.

— Washington Post, "Ecuador to suspend mediation of Colombia peace talks," 18 Apr. 2018
Aside from internet censorship, Oliver needled the Chinese government on a range of human rights abuses, ranging from the treatment of Uighur Muslims to the jailing of dissident Liu Xiaobo.

— jeet heer, The New Republic, "John Oliver joins Winnie the Pooh on Chinese government’s block list.," 20 June 2018

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