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dissenting

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of dissenting

deviating from commonly accepted beliefs or practices

  • dissenting views were ruthlessly suppressed under the dictatorship
Synonyms of dissenting

dissentient, dissident, heretical (also heretic), heterodox, iconoclastic, maverick, nonconformist, nonorthodox, out-there, unconventional, unorthodox
Words Related to dissenting

free-spirited, freethinking, nontraditional

apostate, defecting, renegade

schismatic (also schismatical), sectarian, separatist
Antonyms of dissenting

conforming, conformist, conventional, orthodox

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