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
Trump blasted Cassidy as voters went to polls Trump called out Cassidy again as Pelican State voters were flocking to the polls, further underscoring his commitment to dislodging GOP dissenters.
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Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 17 May 2026
At the far end of the hall, a young man in his mid-20s named Simon Bonenfant was posing like one of the dissenters, Elbridge Gerry.
—Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 11 May 2026
The dissenters largely expressed the view that the next move could be higher or lower, depending on how conditions unfold.
—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
Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 17 May 2026
At the far end of the hall, a young man in his mid-20s named Simon Bonenfant was posing like one of the dissenters, Elbridge Gerry.
—Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 11 May 2026
The dissenters largely expressed the view that the next move could be higher or lower, depending on how conditions unfold.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dissenters
dissidents
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The case has become one of the most emblematic examples cited by rights organizations accusing Venezuela’s security apparatus of using arbitrary detention, incommunicado imprisonment and forced disappearances against dissidents and suspected opponents.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
18 May 2026
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Prosecutors said the Manhattan outpost was part of a broader Chinese government effort to monitor and intimidate dissidents abroad, including in the United States.—
Michael Sinkewicz,
FOXNews.com,
15 May 2026
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“Dissenters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dissenters. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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