dissident
adjective
dis·si·dent
ˈdi-sə-dənt 
: disagreeing especially with an established religious or political system, organization, or belief
dissident elements in the armed forces
dissident
noun
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Examples of dissident in a Sentence
dissident elements within the Catholic Church
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The prosecutors said that one Cuban who wrote a letter to Judge Bloom — dissident Francisco Pastor Chaviano Gonzalez, who spent years in Cuba’s prison — was interviewed by FBI agents.
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Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 21 June 2024
Additionally, last year, some prominent members resigned or left to form a dissident labor group, which sued the union in federal court to force an election for new leadership.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
During the era of stagnation, as the Brezhnev years came to be called, the two most emblematic Soviet dissident intellectuals were the physicist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Andrei Sakharov and the writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn.
—Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 17 May 2024
China’s cyberforce The increasing sophistication of online attacks on dissident and international groups comes as China has been restructuring the agencies responsible for its cyber operations.
—Christopher K. Tong, The Conversation, 31 May 2024
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Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 21 June 2024
Additionally, last year, some prominent members resigned or left to form a dissident labor group, which sued the union in federal court to force an election for new leadership.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
During the era of stagnation, as the Brezhnev years came to be called, the two most emblematic Soviet dissident intellectuals were the physicist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Andrei Sakharov and the writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn.
—Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 17 May 2024
China’s cyberforce The increasing sophistication of online attacks on dissident and international groups comes as China has been restructuring the agencies responsible for its cyber operations.
—Christopher K. Tong, The Conversation, 31 May 2024
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dissident
adjective
dis·si·dent
ˈdis-əd-ənt
: disagreeing with an opinion or a group
dissident
noun
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