dissident
adjective
dis·si·dent
ˈdi-sə-dənt 
: disagreeing especially with an established religious or political system, organization, or belief
dissident elements in the armed forces
dissident
noun
Examples of dissident in a Sentence
dissident elements within the Catholic Church
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Putin has rehabilitated the World War II–era Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, who, as the Soviet physicist and dissident Andrei Sakharov has said, was directly responsible for even more millions of deaths than Hitler.
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Antony Beevor, Foreign Affairs, 7 May 2025
Other members of the dissident community, however, remained suspicious of Wang’s conduct.
—Brian Nishii Tanya Pérez Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
In 1983, Dugin was sent to K.G.B. headquarters after performing dissident songs at a Moscow art studio.
—James Verini, The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2025
In one case, operatives posing as art dealers interested in purchasing a work by a dissident artist secretly installed surveillance equipment in his workplace and a GPS tracker on his car.
—David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Apr. 2025
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Antony Beevor, Foreign Affairs, 7 May 2025
Other members of the dissident community, however, remained suspicious of Wang’s conduct.
—Brian Nishii Tanya Pérez Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
In 1983, Dugin was sent to K.G.B. headquarters after performing dissident songs at a Moscow art studio.
—James Verini, The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2025
In one case, operatives posing as art dealers interested in purchasing a work by a dissident artist secretly installed surveillance equipment in his workplace and a GPS tracker on his car.
—David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for dissident
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“Dissident.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dissident. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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dissident
adjective
dis·si·dent
ˈdis-əd-ənt
: disagreeing with an opinion or a group
dissident
noun
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