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dissenter¹

Rhymes with -ɛntə(ɹ)

noun dissenters

  1. Someone who dissents (disagrees), especially from an established church. As my study proceeded, I began to see that an investigation of organizational morality should also explore managerial dissenters, so-called whistleblowers, many of whom take stands against their organizations on grounds that they define as moral.

    Similar: dissident

Dissenter²

noun Dissenters

  1. UK A Protestant Christian who does not follow the established church, the Church of England. Near-synonyms: (all sometimes synonymous) Nonconformist, recusant, Free Churchman; autem cackler (archaic cant)

    Similar: Nonconformist, recusant, Free Churchman, autem cackler

  2. A person who took part in the Dissenters' March in Moscow.

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noun someone who dissents

Españoldisidente, disintiente
한국어반대자 bandaeja
日本語反体制 hantaisei, 反体制派 hantaiseiha, 反対者 hantaisha
中文反對者 /反对者 fǎnduìzhe, 異議分子 /异议分子 yìyì fēnzǐ
Portuguêsdivergente
Françaisdissident, dissidente
DeutschDissident, Dissidentin, Dissenter, Dissenterin, Abweichler
Ελληνικάαμφισβητίας amfisvitías
Русскийдиссиде́нт dissidént, диссиде́нтка dissidéntka, инакомы́слящий inakomýsljaščij, инакомы́слящая inakomýsljaščaja, диссе́нтер dissɛ́ntɛr

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@misc{dissenter_2026,
  title = {dissenter},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dissenter},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}