DISSENTER Synonyms: 21 Similar and Opposite Words

dissenter

noun

di-ˈsen-tər

Definition of dissenter

as in dissident

a person who believes, teaches, or advocates something opposed to accepted beliefs a society that prized conformity very highly and treated dissenters of any kind very harshly

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Recent Examples of dissenter The plan passed a subcommittee vote in May with no dissenters. — Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026 The room reaches agreement before the loudest dissenter has spoken. — Janet M Harvey, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026 The issue of granting birthright citizenship to the children of undocumented immigrants also concerned the dissenters. — Amanda Frost, The Atlantic, 2 July 2026 To have the dissenters hearken back to the 19th century and discourse about voting customs then was inapt, and the justice called them on it. — John E. Jones Iii, The Conversation, 1 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for dissenter

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Iranian officials publicly executed two men accused of participating in sweeping anti-regime demonstrations earlier this year, human rights officials say, as Tehran tightened its noose on dissidents.

— Mustafa Qadri, CNN Money, 28 July 2026
But Alicia soon begins to suspect that her daughter is one of the children grotesquely stolen from the desaparecidos, dissidents disappeared by the country’s authoritarian junta, and that her husband might be in on the repugnant scheme.

— David Faris, TheWeek, 27 July 2026

Definition of dissident

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But instead of employing a ball gown, glass slippers, and a grand carriage made from a pumpkin, the renegade maid comes to her damsel in distress armed with a different kind of escape plan—one involving an axe and a double parricide.

— Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 4 Aug. 2026
Wang plays down the potential for renegade robots to wreak havoc.

— Charlie Campbell, Time, 23 July 2026

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