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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

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. dissidentnoun

    Synonyms:
    dissenter, nonconformist

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  1. List of known nicknames for "Dissident":

    Stanislav Sevostyanikhin

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  1. Reverend Grigory Mikhnov-Vaytenko:

    I was born and grew up in a dissident family.

  2. Daniel Roth:

    Jahromiis a key player in Iran’s brutal war against dissident voices and plays a key role in repression and censorship … Jahromi also served seven years, from 2002 to 2009, inIran’s Ministry of Intelligence, one of the most brutal agencies under the regime and responsible for torture and execution of journalists, ethnic and sexual minorities, and other dissident voices … anddespite all this( including being sanctioned by the U.S. for internet censorship,) UNIDO sees fit to respond to ? and indeed implement ? this man’s request.

  3. Brad Adams:

    This is a marked escalation of the junta witch-hunt against dissidents, now they are targeting a dissident's mother as they try to gag his outspoken criticism. This is a new low even for a junta which has made abuses of human rights a daily occurrence.

  4. Kingman Brewster, Jr.:

    It is satisfying for the descendant of a dissident refugee from Elizabeth I to present his credentials to Elizabeth II.

  5. 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.


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