In the 21st century virtually every American considers themselves a dissident, even those who defend tradition and powerful institutions.
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Dissident
/ˈdɪsɪdənt/
Synonyms for "dissident" (148 found)
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Noun(3 words)
alienatedantagonisticantiestablishmentantipatheticapostateat cross purposesat cross-purposesat loggerheadsat oddsat odds withat varianceat variance withat warbitter-enderbrawlerbreakawayclashingcollidingconflictingcontentious
Strong matches (44)
Related words (74)
janglingjarringlast-ditcherlitigantmisbelievernaysayernegativenegativistnonconformablenonconformingnonconformistnoncooperatornonobservantobjectorobstructionistobstructiveopinionistopposeropposingopposition voice
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oppositionaloppositionistoppugnantout of accordout of whackperverseplaintiffprotestantprotesterprotestorquarrelerquarrelsomereactionaryrebelrecalcitrantrecusantrefractoryrenitentrepugnantresistantresisterrevolutionaryschismaticschismaticalscrappersectariansectaryseditiousseparatistsubversiveunadaptableunadjustableuncompliantunconforminguncongenialundergroundunharmoniousunorthodoxunsubmissivevariantwrangler
Related word relations
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More general
13 entriesactorcritical stancedoergroup memberideologyindividualnonconformityoppositionpersonpolitical actorresistancestanceworker
More specific
5 entriesacademic dissidentintellectual dissidentmilitant dissidentpolitical dissidentreligious dissident
Collocations
10 entriesdissident groupsdissident leaderdissident movementdissident opinionsdissident pressdissident rhetoricdissident scholarsdissident voicespolitical dissidentreligious dissident
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
3 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
15 translations across 8 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- разко́лник noun (ecclesiastical: one who disagrees)
Catalan
1 entries- dissident noun (ecclesiastical: one who disagrees)
Finnish
1 entries- dissidentti noun (ecclesiastical: one who disagrees)
German
4 entries- Andersdenkende noun (ecclesiastical: one who disagrees)
- Andersdenkender noun (ecclesiastical: one who disagrees)
- Andersgläubige noun (ecclesiastical: one who disagrees)
- Andersgläubiger noun (ecclesiastical: one who disagrees)
Macedonian
1 entries- ра́сколник noun (ecclesiastical: one who disagrees)
Portuguese
1 entries- dissidente noun (ecclesiastical: one who disagrees)
Russian
2 entries- раско́льник noun (ecclesiastical: one who disagrees)
- раско́льница noun (ecclesiastical: one who disagrees)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- ráskōlnīk noun (ecclesiastical: one who disagrees)
- ра́ско̄лнӣк noun (ecclesiastical: one who disagrees)
Sample sentences
22 total sentences available.
The political dissident has spent nearly a decade under house arrest.
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Will we support the human rights of the dissident in Burma, the blogger in Iran, or the voter in Zimbabwe?
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He said there are thousands of dissidents who are honorable, and only a few who turned out to be government agents. He said the use of such infiltrators is absurd, since dissident meetings are open to everyone and the participants have nothing to hide.
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