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 count does not include nonfatal attacks like the March wounding by knife of a journalist for a dissident satellite television channel outside his London apartment.
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Karl Vick, TIME, 23 Sep. 2024
Poland’s Law and Justice party lost seats, as did Fidesz in Hungary, where a dissident party member, Peter Magyar, split the vote by forming his own party following a corruption scandal in Fidesz.
—Francis Fukuyama, Foreign Affairs, 4 Sep. 2024
The third was put together by the GOP dissident group Republican Voters Against Trump; the participants were not members.
—Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2024
Trump’s staunch support for military corporations was also front and center in his decision not to cut off arms sales to Saudi Arabia in the wake of its brutal murder of the Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
—William Hartung, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2024
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Karl Vick, TIME, 23 Sep. 2024
Poland’s Law and Justice party lost seats, as did Fidesz in Hungary, where a dissident party member, Peter Magyar, split the vote by forming his own party following a corruption scandal in Fidesz.
—Francis Fukuyama, Foreign Affairs, 4 Sep. 2024
The third was put together by the GOP dissident group Republican Voters Against Trump; the participants were not members.
—Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2024
Trump’s staunch support for military corporations was also front and center in his decision not to cut off arms sales to Saudi Arabia in the wake of its brutal murder of the Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
—William Hartung, Forbes, 13 Sep. 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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