dissident
IPA: dˈɪsʌdɪnt
noun
- 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.
adjective
- In a manner that disagrees; dissenting; discordant.
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Examples of "dissident" in Sentences
- I've removed the link to the dissident AIDSwiki.
- The dissidents formed the New Covenant Believers.
- The burden of proof has shifted to the dissident side.
- The dissident traditionalists became called the Snakes.
- For the same reason, the USSR was terrified of dissidents.
- My thanks go to Anonymous Dissident and the rest of the crew.
- The group was founded by dissident members of the National Alliance.
- The dissident group under the leadership of the Archdeacon welcomed him.
- The latter featured the release of Soviet dissident Anatoli Scharanskiy.
- Hitler did not intend to castigate or humiliate the dissidents in public.
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