as in dissidents
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 dissenters
The dissenters largely expressed the view that the next move could be higher or lower, depending on how conditions unfold.
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Jeff Cox, CNBC, 8 May 2026
Her arrest came amid the ongoing war in Iran, and as the Islamic Republic of Iran has intensified its crackdown on domestic dissenters.
—Irwin Cotler, Time, 8 May 2026
Examples include dissenters citing anti-war sentiments or disapproval of the government’s handling of the Epstein files.
—Maximilian Brichta, The Conversation, 22 Apr. 2026
Others have been prosecuted under a counterterrorism law that carries a potential death penalty and has been used to target political and armed opponents, journalists and other dissenters.
—ABC News, 17 Apr. 2026
Serious or not, secession — or independence, as some prefer to call it — has long been the dream of dissenters, of the discontented and those who feel put upon or politically unrepresented.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2026
Serious or not, secession — or independence, as some prefer to call it — has long been the dream of dissenters, of the discontented and those who feel put upon or politically unrepresented.
—Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2026
But in the shadows, amid growing unease at the bloodthirsty actions of the realm’s merciless Mad King, dissenters from his inner circle anxiously advance a treasonous plot.
—Ryan Brennan
april 3, Charlotte Observer, 3 Apr. 2026
But in an autocracy with a leader who is quick to promote allies and punish dissenters, officials have far more reason to implement Xi’s policy preferences than to challenge them.
—Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2026
Jeff Cox, CNBC, 8 May 2026
Her arrest came amid the ongoing war in Iran, and as the Islamic Republic of Iran has intensified its crackdown on domestic dissenters.
—Irwin Cotler, Time, 8 May 2026
Examples include dissenters citing anti-war sentiments or disapproval of the government’s handling of the Epstein files.
—Maximilian Brichta, The Conversation, 22 Apr. 2026
Others have been prosecuted under a counterterrorism law that carries a potential death penalty and has been used to target political and armed opponents, journalists and other dissenters.
—ABC News, 17 Apr. 2026
Serious or not, secession — or independence, as some prefer to call it — has long been the dream of dissenters, of the discontented and those who feel put upon or politically unrepresented.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2026
Serious or not, secession — or independence, as some prefer to call it — has long been the dream of dissenters, of the discontented and those who feel put upon or politically unrepresented.
—Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2026
But in the shadows, amid growing unease at the bloodthirsty actions of the realm’s merciless Mad King, dissenters from his inner circle anxiously advance a treasonous plot.
—Ryan Brennan
april 3, Charlotte Observer, 3 Apr. 2026
But in an autocracy with a leader who is quick to promote allies and punish dissenters, officials have far more reason to implement Xi’s policy preferences than to challenge them.
—Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dissenters
dissidents
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The new report describes a sprawling transnational criminal system in which Brazilian syndicates, Colombian guerrilla dissidents, Ecuadorian gangs and local crime families collaborate and compete simultaneously while moving drugs, gold, weapons and money across porous borders.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
13 May 2026
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One of us even faced an assassination plot in Canada and concluded he was poisoned in Russia for defending Iranian human rights lawyers and Russian dissidents.—
Irwin Cotler,
Time,
8 May 2026
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“Dissenters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dissenters. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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