as in dissenters
a person who believes, teaches, or advocates something opposed to accepted beliefs
the conference drew political dissidents of every ilk
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Recent Examples of dissidents
Now reporters and dissidents are squeezed into slums and dependent on food donations, says Ou, a youth ambassador for the Khmer Movement for Democracy (KMD) and a freedom fellow with the Human Rights Foundation.
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Christine Ro, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Chinese police blocked sensitive news, pinpointing dissidents with unnerving precision.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025
To dissidents, she has been seen as a hero putting her life on the line; to Modi’s supporters, as a dangerous subversive who is anti-national and anti-Hindu.
—Anderson Tepper, The Atlantic, 8 Sep. 2025
This came after a lengthy trial in which US prosecutors accused him of exchanging firearms for cocaine shipments with the now-defunct FARC guerrillas, whose dissidents in Colombia control some of the key regions for narcotics production.
—Stefano Pozzebon, CNN Money, 1 Sep. 2025
These are the Russian dissidents Putin allegedly targeted at home and abroad for aggressively opposing his autocratic kleptocracy.
—Andy Shaw, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025
Fleeing persecution in this little schoolhouse, we were suddenly transformed into renegades, dissidents.
—Chandler Fritz, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
In past years, rights critics said the Iranian regime had expanded its clandestine program of foreign assassinations, renditions and harassment of dissidents and political opponents.
—Amira El-Fekki, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Aug. 2025
Iran’s secret police force, SAVAK, known for its use of torture, had effectively cleared the country of the most vocal dissidents.
—Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
Christine Ro, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Chinese police blocked sensitive news, pinpointing dissidents with unnerving precision.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025
To dissidents, she has been seen as a hero putting her life on the line; to Modi’s supporters, as a dangerous subversive who is anti-national and anti-Hindu.
—Anderson Tepper, The Atlantic, 8 Sep. 2025
This came after a lengthy trial in which US prosecutors accused him of exchanging firearms for cocaine shipments with the now-defunct FARC guerrillas, whose dissidents in Colombia control some of the key regions for narcotics production.
—Stefano Pozzebon, CNN Money, 1 Sep. 2025
These are the Russian dissidents Putin allegedly targeted at home and abroad for aggressively opposing his autocratic kleptocracy.
—Andy Shaw, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025
Fleeing persecution in this little schoolhouse, we were suddenly transformed into renegades, dissidents.
—Chandler Fritz, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
In past years, rights critics said the Iranian regime had expanded its clandestine program of foreign assassinations, renditions and harassment of dissidents and political opponents.
—Amira El-Fekki, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Aug. 2025
Iran’s secret police force, SAVAK, known for its use of torture, had effectively cleared the country of the most vocal dissidents.
—Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dissidents
dissenters
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Yet the unit also targets dissenters and those, including various clans, some backed by Israel, that dare to defy Hamas’s rule.—
Sean Durns,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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If Homelander's takeover of the United States government and rounding up of his chief dissenters took place around Inauguration Day in January, Godolkin University's fall semester kicks off around the end of August.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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“Dissidents.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dissidents. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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