as in dissenters
a person who believes, teaches, or advocates something opposed to accepted beliefs
traditionalists who feared that their church was falling into the hands of dissentients and malcontents
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Noun
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The alternative is a politics in which the state survives by making dissenters illegitimate as citizens.—
Stephanie A,
The Conversation,
22 Jan. 2026 -
Though the dissenters were in the minority, as this was the direction the movement was headed.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Jan. 2026
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The Iranian government—one of the most repressive regimes in the world—has long relied on accusations of collaboration with hostile foreign powers, usually the United States or Israel, to silence journalists, activists, and dissidents.—
Omid Memarian,
The Atlantic,
25 Jan. 2026
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Putin's decades-long rule in Russia has included allegedly orchestrating dozens of murders of dissidents like Alexei Navalny, using the country as his personal piggy bank and kidnapping thousands of Ukrainian children.—
Josh Meyer,
USA Today,
24 Jan. 2026
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“Dissentients.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dissentients. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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