DISSENTIENT Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

di-ˈsen(t)-sh(ē-)ənt

as in dissident

deviating from commonly accepted beliefs or practices the communist party did not look favorably on dissentient opinions

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dissentient

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noun

as in dissenter

a person who believes, teaches, or advocates something opposed to accepted beliefs traditionalists who feared that their church was falling into the hands of dissentients and malcontents

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Cuban dissident artist and activist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, who is currently jailed in Havana, has invited attendees of the upcoming Havana Biennial to visit him in prison as a part of an art project, the Art Newspaper reported Monday.

Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 4 Nov. 2024
With the Iranian film shot entirely in secret, the teaser for the dissident Iranian filmmaker’s Cannes Special Jury Prize winner centers on a family thrust into the public eye when its patriarch, Iman (Misagh Zare) is named as an investigating judge in Tehran.

Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Oct. 2024

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