dissentient
adjective
dis·sen·tient di-ˈsen(t)-sh(ē-)ənt 
: expressing dissent
dissentient noun
Synonyms
- dissenting
- dissident
- heretical
- heretic
- heterodox
- iconoclastic
- maverick
- nonconformist
- nonorthodox
- out-there
- unconventional
- unorthodox
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Example Sentences
the communist party did not look favorably on dissentient opinions
Word History
Etymology
Latin dissentient-, dissentiens, present participle of dissentire
First Known Use
1651, in the meaning defined above
dissentients
noun
as in dissenters
a person who believes, teaches, or advocates something opposed to accepted beliefs traditionalists who feared that their church was falling into the hands of dissentients and malcontents Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- dissenters
- dissidents
- renegades
- heresiarchs
- nonconformists
- heretics
- separatists
- sectarians
- infidels
- separationists
- unbelievers
- defectors
- schismatics
- misbelievers
- bohemians
- individualists
- apostates
- disbelievers
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- believers
- conformists
- conformers