Advertisement
Advertisement
dissident
adjective as in disagreeing, differing
Strongest matches
Strong matches
noun as in person who holds different belief
Strongest matches
Weak matches
Example Sentences
In 2014, South Africa expelled three Rwandan diplomats after an attack on the home of an exiled Rwandan dissident in Johannesburg.
Party loyalty can’t be a suicide pact and, besides, it’s better to have a dissident member of your own party in office than someone from the other party.
A leading Cuban dissident and activist has been released from jail as part of a wider prisoner release deal between the Cuban government and the United States.
His remains, thought to be in a mass grave with those of other political dissidents, have never been identified.
Last November Thailand sent six Cambodian dissidents, together with a young child, back to Cambodia, where they were immediately jailed.
Advertisement
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse