resister
noun
re·sist·er
ri-ˈzi-stər 
: one that resists
especially
: one who actively opposes the policies of a government
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Among the resisters is a small but growing group of veterans, like Tamir, who openly express dissent and outrage.
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Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 14 May 2025
Many war resisters, or draft dodgers as they were often called by others, were not interested in returning when Mr. Carter made his amnesty offer.
—Ruth Fremson, New York Times, 3 May 2025
Much depends on whether state authorities can outmaneuver the protesters and sow division in their ranks, perhaps even provoking nonviolent resisters to abandon their protests and strikes, lose their discipline and unity, and take up arms in response to repression.
—Erica Chenoweth, Foreign Affairs, 16 June 2014
In the 1940s and ’50s, room-sized mainframe computers relied on thousands of vacuum tubes, resisters, capacitors and more.
—Gerui Wang, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
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Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 14 May 2025
Many war resisters, or draft dodgers as they were often called by others, were not interested in returning when Mr. Carter made his amnesty offer.
—Ruth Fremson, New York Times, 3 May 2025
Much depends on whether state authorities can outmaneuver the protesters and sow division in their ranks, perhaps even provoking nonviolent resisters to abandon their protests and strikes, lose their discipline and unity, and take up arms in response to repression.
—Erica Chenoweth, Foreign Affairs, 16 June 2014
In the 1940s and ’50s, room-sized mainframe computers relied on thousands of vacuum tubes, resisters, capacitors and more.
—Gerui Wang, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
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“Resister.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/resister. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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resister
noun
re·sist·er
-ˈzis-tər
: one that resists
especially
: one who actively opposes the policies of a government
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