Dissenter
noun
A person who does not agree with others, especially the established authority or majority.
He was the solitary dissenter in the vote to increase sanctions against the country.
Often appears as...
- religious dissenter
- lone dissenter
noun
A member of a Protestant church in England in 16th-19th centuries that does not conform to the doctrines and rituals of the Church of England.
The dissenters were often penalized for their nonconformity to the Church of England.
Often appears as...
- protestant dissenter
- english dissenter
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Formal
noun
A member of the U.S. Supreme Court who gives a minority opinion in a case.
In the 5-4 decision, the dissenters argued that the ruling was a violation of civil liberties.
Often appears as...
- supreme court dissenter
- dissenting opinion
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Formal, Approving
noun
A person who does not agree with others, especially the established authority or majority.
He was the solitary dissenter in the vote to increase sanctions against the country.
Often appears as...
- religious dissenter
- lone dissenter
noun
A member of a Protestant church in England in 16th-19th centuries that does not conform to the doctrines and rituals of the Church of England.
The dissenters were often penalized for their nonconformity to the Church of England.
Often appears as...
- protestant dissenter
- english dissenter
Usage tips
Formal
noun
A member of the U.S. Supreme Court who gives a minority opinion in a case.
In the 5-4 decision, the dissenters argued that the ruling was a violation of civil liberties.
Often appears as...
- supreme court dissenter
- dissenting opinion
Usage tips
Formal, Approving
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Social Minority
Often used when someone stands apart from popular opinion or majority in a group.
Though a dissenter, Alex's views were respected in the meeting.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Negative
Being a dissenter doesn't always carry a negative connotation; can imply integrity.
The professor, a dissenter, held firm to his unique viewpoints.
Pro Tip 3/3Common in Debates
Commonly used in contexts of debates or discussions where opposition arises.
In the debate, she played the role of the dissenter effectively.
Compare with
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Ugly History: Witch...
instead, they sincerely believed in witchcraft, and thought they were doing good by rooting it out in their communities. Institutions of power enabled real harm to be done on the basis of these beliefs. But there were dissenters all along– jurists, scholars, and physicians countered books
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Why should you read "The...
rigid moral codes, modest clothing, banishment of dissenters, and regulation of every aspect of people's lives and relationships. For Atwood, the parallels to Massachusett's Puritans were personal as well as theoretical. She spent several years studying the Puritans at Harvard
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Is civility a sham? PIPE...
anyone with the temerity to disagree as uncivil. And so civility talk in the 17th century becomes a really effective way for members of the religious establishment to silence, suppress, exclude dissenters outside of the established church,
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Safari Live - Day 118 PIPE...
for a long time you got something else herbs ok so once again we're kind of on a sort of a game path there's some open sort of patches yeah this is what the trackers generally like to do as you walk to an area a dissenter gets thick
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History vs. Che Guevara...
killing any suspected spies or dissenters. He also helped peasants build health clinics and schools, taught them to read, and even recited poetry to them. His harsh discipline was necessary against a much stronger enemy
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We can fight terror...
of decline in freedom worldwide. And this is not just because of the actions of authoritarian governments. It's also because democratic governments are increasingly cracking down on dissenters, whistle-blowers
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Creativity is a remix PIPE...
is just reaching its pinnacle. He's been christened the voice of a generation, and he's churning out classic songs at a seemingly impossible rate, but there's a small minority of dissenters, and they claim
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Michael Sandel: The lost...
and the essential point of the game is to get very small ball from one place into a hole in as few strokes as possible, and that walking was not essential, but incidental. Now, there were two dissenters,
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The lost art of...
get a very small ball from one place into a hole and as few strokes as possible and that walking was not essential but incidental now there were two dissenters one of whom was Justice
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Ancient Astronaut Theory...
each culture all around the world they all begin the same way that one day the heavens opened and this silver cosmic egg dissenter from the sky and
Video examples
Ugly History: Witch...
instead, they sincerely believed in witchcraft, and thought they were doing good by rooting it out in their communities. Institutions of power enabled real harm to be done on the basis of these beliefs. But there were dissenters all along– jurists, scholars, and physicians countered books
Video examples
Why should you read "The...
rigid moral codes, modest clothing, banishment of dissenters, and regulation of every aspect of people's lives and relationships. For Atwood, the parallels to Massachusett's Puritans were personal as well as theoretical. She spent several years studying the Puritans at Harvard
Video examples
Is civility a sham? PIPE...
anyone with the temerity to disagree as uncivil. And so civility talk in the 17th century becomes a really effective way for members of the religious establishment to silence, suppress, exclude dissenters outside of the established church,
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 118 PIPE...
for a long time you got something else herbs ok so once again we're kind of on a sort of a game path there's some open sort of patches yeah this is what the trackers generally like to do as you walk to an area a dissenter gets thick
Video examples
History vs. Che Guevara...
killing any suspected spies or dissenters. He also helped peasants build health clinics and schools, taught them to read, and even recited poetry to them. His harsh discipline was necessary against a much stronger enemy
Video examples
We can fight terror...
of decline in freedom worldwide. And this is not just because of the actions of authoritarian governments. It's also because democratic governments are increasingly cracking down on dissenters, whistle-blowers
Video examples
Creativity is a remix PIPE...
is just reaching its pinnacle. He's been christened the voice of a generation, and he's churning out classic songs at a seemingly impossible rate, but there's a small minority of dissenters, and they claim
Video examples
Michael Sandel: The lost...
and the essential point of the game is to get very small ball from one place into a hole in as few strokes as possible, and that walking was not essential, but incidental. Now, there were two dissenters,
Video examples
The lost art of...
get a very small ball from one place into a hole and as few strokes as possible and that walking was not essential but incidental now there were two dissenters one of whom was Justice
Video examples
Ancient Astronaut Theory...
each culture all around the world they all begin the same way that one day the heavens opened and this silver cosmic egg dissenter from the sky and
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Quote examples
Ravi Zacharias
American Author
I have always marveled that so many religions exact such revenge against dissenters. It only weakens the appeal of their faith and contradicts any claims they might have made that 'all religions are basically the same.' If all religions were indeed the same, why not let someone be 'converted' to another religion?
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Ravi Zacharias
American Author
I have always marveled that so many religions exact such revenge against dissenters. It only weakens the appeal of their faith and contradicts any claims they might have made that 'all religions are basically the same.
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Kirsten Powers
American Author
When illiberal feminists aren't delegitimizing female dissenters from their worldview as fake women, they are portraying them in such a hyper-sexualized way that they are reduced to nonhuman objects.
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Carol P. Christ
Educator
The often cruel behavior of Christians toward unbelievers and even toward dissenters among themselves is shocking evidence of the function of that image in relation to values and behavior.
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Pete Seeger
American Musician
Some of my ancestors were religious dissenters who came to America over three hundred years ago. Others were abolitionists in New England in the eighteen forties and fifties.
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Robert Jackson
American Statesman
Those who begin coercive elimination of dissent soon find themselves exterminating dissenters. Compulsory unification of opinion achieves only the unanimity of the graveyard.
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Norman Davies
British Historian
The last years of fading communism provided an ideal environment for Poland's Catholic Church, which acted as an umbrella for dissenters of all sorts.
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Margo Jefferson
American Critic
I'm a chronicler of Negroland, a participant-observer, an elegist, dissenter, and admirer; sometime expatriate, ongoing interlocutor.
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Archibald MacLeish
American Poet
The dissenter is every human being at those moments of his life when he resigns momentarily from the herd and thinks for himself.
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Amal Clooney
Lebanese Activist
Locking up dissenters does not reduce dissent - it fosters it.
Quote examples
Ravi Zacharias
American Author
I have always marveled that so many religions exact such revenge against dissenters. It only weakens the appeal of their faith and contradicts any claims they might have made that 'all religions are basically the same.' If all religions were indeed the same, why not let someone be 'converted' to another religion?
Quote examples
Ravi Zacharias
American Author
I have always marveled that so many religions exact such revenge against dissenters. It only weakens the appeal of their faith and contradicts any claims they might have made that 'all religions are basically the same.
Quote examples
Kirsten Powers
American Author
When illiberal feminists aren't delegitimizing female dissenters from their worldview as fake women, they are portraying them in such a hyper-sexualized way that they are reduced to nonhuman objects.
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Carol P. Christ
Educator
The often cruel behavior of Christians toward unbelievers and even toward dissenters among themselves is shocking evidence of the function of that image in relation to values and behavior.
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Pete Seeger
American Musician
Some of my ancestors were religious dissenters who came to America over three hundred years ago. Others were abolitionists in New England in the eighteen forties and fifties.
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Robert Jackson
American Statesman
Those who begin coercive elimination of dissent soon find themselves exterminating dissenters. Compulsory unification of opinion achieves only the unanimity of the graveyard.
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Norman Davies
British Historian
The last years of fading communism provided an ideal environment for Poland's Catholic Church, which acted as an umbrella for dissenters of all sorts.
Quote examples
Margo Jefferson
American Critic
I'm a chronicler of Negroland, a participant-observer, an elegist, dissenter, and admirer; sometime expatriate, ongoing interlocutor.
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Archibald MacLeish
American Poet
The dissenter is every human being at those moments of his life when he resigns momentarily from the herd and thinks for himself.
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Amal Clooney
Lebanese Activist
Locking up dissenters does not reduce dissent - it fosters it.
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