DISSENTERS Synonyms: 21 Similar and Opposite Words

dissenters

noun

plural of dissenter

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 But there have been dissenters. — Mo Rocca, CBS News, 21 June 2026 Moore and his fellow-Baptists were religious dissenters. — Michael Luo, New Yorker, 14 June 2026 The liberal dissenters agreed with immigration rights lawyers who saw this as a nonsensical reading of the law. — Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2026 The three full dissenters from the court's ruling all believed the decision was historic, and historically wrong. — Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 1 July 2026 To have the dissenters hearken back to the 19th century and discourse about voting customs then was inapt, and the justice called them on it. — John E. Jones Iii, The Conversation, 1 July 2026 The issue of granting birthright citizenship to the children of undocumented immigrants also concerned the dissenters. — Amanda Frost, The Atlantic, 2 July 2026 The Indian government, far more committed to democratic procedures than its Chinese counterpart, had crushed dissenters for actions far less provocative. — Wyatt Williams, Harpers Magazine, 2 June 2026 Former Fed Governor Stephen Miran was among the dissenters in April, arguing that the Federal Open Market Committee should have lowered rates rather than held them steady. — Jeff Cox, CNBC, 17 June 2026

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dissidents

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Border Force officer Peter Wai and Bill Yuen, a former superintendent in the Hong Kong Police, posed as police or intelligence officers to conduct surveillance and gather information about Hong Kong dissidents and pro-democracy supporters, prosecutors said.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026
Iran hawks and an array of dissidents and mainstream voices within the Republican Party have cast doubt on whether the agreement secured satisfactory concessions from Iran.

— Matthew Kelly Updated June 18, Kansas City Star, 18 June 2026

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