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[ noun ] a person who dissents from some established policy

Synonyms

protester objector contestant dissident

Used in print

(W. E. B. DuBois, Worlds of Color....)

Ann_Catt was a lonely , devoted soul , never married , conducting a spotless home and devoted to her church , but a perpetual dissenter and born critic .

Related terms

person conscientious_objector political_dissident nimby nonconformist object disagree protest

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Rhymes with

centre center enter stentor epicenter presenter inventor renter mentor venter inter saunter sprinter encounter presenter splinter discounter midwinter minter winter experimenter tormentor painter printer hunter punter headhunter canter banter cantor enchanter counter pinter pointer grantor planter carpenter vermonter

Phonetic and Homophones

D IH0 S EH1 N T ER0

Similar Spelling

dissent disinter discounter disinterest disunite dissentient dissonate disinterment disentangler dissenting discant dissentious disjointed Dicentra disunity Disandro disintegrate disentangle discontinue disjoint disunited discount dish_antenna disjointedly discontent Disanto Disanti dysentery

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