Synonyms for dissident
ˈdɪs ɪ dəntdis·si·dent

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1. dissenter, dissident, protester, objector, contestantadjective

   a person who dissents from some established policy

   Synonyms:
   contestant, dissenter, demonstrator, objector, protester

   Antonyms:
   orthodox, affirmative, affirmatory

2. dissident, heretical, heterodoxadjective

   characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards

   Synonyms:
   dissentient, heretical, dissenting(a), heterodox

   Antonyms:
   affirmative, orthodox, affirmatory

3. dissentient, dissenting(a), dissidentadjective

   disagreeing, especially with a majority

   Antonyms:
   affirmative, orthodox, affirmatory

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1. dissidentnoun

   Synonyms:
   dissenter, nonconformist

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1. List of paraphrases for "dissident":

   dissenting, renegade, splinter, breakaway, nonconformist, separatist, opposer, dissent, defector

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1. List of known nicknames for "Dissident":

   Stanislav Sevostyanikhin

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1. Ireland Minister Theresa Villiers:

   Dissident republicans remain a severe threat and at any given time a terrorist attack from them is highly likely.

2. John F. Kennedy, Speech for the Dallas Trade Mart which was never delivered.:

   There will always be dissident voices heard in the land expresing opposition without alternatives, finding fault but never favor, perceiving gloom on every side, and seeking influence without responsibility.

3. Václav Havel:

   You do not become a dissident just because you decide one day to take up this most unusual career. You are thrown into it by your personal sense of responsibility, combined with a complex set of external circumstances. You are cast out of the existing structures and placed in a position of conflict with them. It begins as an attempt to do your work well, and ends with being branded an enemy of society.

4. Deputy Interior Secretary Alejandro Encinas:

   We are beginning a joint recuperation of spaces where torture and killings of dissident men and women were carried out in those years.

5. Reverend Grigory Mikhnov-Vaytenko:

   I was born and grew up in a dissident family.