| NOUN | person | dissident, dissenter, protester, objector, contestant | a person who dissents from some established policy |
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| ADJECTIVE | all | dissident, heretical, heterodox | characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards |
| all | dissident, dissentient, dissenting | disagreeing, especially with a majority |
| Sounds | dih'sahdihnt | |
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| Rhymes | ament ... varmint: 39 rhymes with ihnt... | |
| Meaning | Characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards. | |
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| Synonyms | heretical, heterodox | |
| Broader | unorthodox | breaking with convention or tradition |
| Spanish | disidente, herético, heterodoxo | |
| Catalan | dissident, herètic | |
| Nouns | dissidence | disagreement |
| dissident | a person who dissents from some established policy | |
| Meaning | disagreeing, especially with a majority. | |
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| Synonyms | dissentient, dissenting | |
| Broader | negative | Expressing or consisting of a negation or refusal or denial |
| Spanish | disconforme, discrepante, objetor | |
| Catalan | disconforme, discrepant, objector | |
| Nouns | dissidence | disagreement |
| dissident | a person who dissents from some established policy | |
| Meaning | A person who dissents from some established policy. | |
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| Synonyms | dissenter, protester, objector, contestant | |
| Narrower | NIMBY | someone who objects to siting something in their own neighborhood but does not object to it being sited elsewhere |
| conscientious objector, CO | One who refuses / refuses to serve in the armed forces on grounds of conscience | |
| nonconformist, recusant | someone who refuses to conform to established standards of conduct | |
| political dissident | A dissenter from political orthodoxy | |
| Broader | person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul | A human being |
| Spanish | contestatario, disidencia, disidente, manifestante, objetante, objetor | |
| Catalan | contestatari, dissident, objector | |
| Adjectives | dissident | disagreeing, especially with a majority |
| dissident | characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards | |
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