dissident

IPA: dˈɪsʌdɪnt

A person who formally opposes the current political structure, the political group in power, the policies of the political group in power, or current laws.
(Christianity) One who disagrees or dissents; one who separates from the established religion.
(Christianity, specifically, historical) Sometimes Dissident: in the kingdom of Poland, the name for Christians not part of the Roman Catholic Church.

Examples of "dissident" in Sentences

“Being a dissident is an honor” said one of my Georgian friends, when I told him the whole story.
STEVE INSKEEP, host: China's most prominent dissident is the winner of this year's Nobel Peace Prize.
Mhlongo said that while he rejected the term dissident, which was how political opponents had been labelled in old-style Communist
The European Parliament's prestigious human rights award, named after the great Soviet dissident, is now being used to stigmatize the Jewish state.
It is mainly what they call dissident Mormons who are the racists, but they are major-league racists. mcl, have you heard the tapes of Warren Jeffs?
Interest in Brodsky was at its peak during the years of perestroika, when Western freedom values became hugely important for the intelligentsia and the long-term dissident Andrei
He is at once an architect, photographer, blogger and activist (he shuns the word "dissident") whose presence in Beijing is disproportionate to his (considerable) standing in the art world.
Murphy said the intent had always been there, but the capability within dissident groups to carry out bombings had increased, as was evident by recent bomb attacks such as that on Newry courthouse in February.
I think the real problem for the hopes for an idyllic "post-wedge world" is that the lunatic fringe — the straight-out creationists and "wedgies" — will latch onto anything mildly dissident from the evolutionary view, in a desperate attempt to gain credibility.