POLITICAL DISSIDENT Synonyms

• someone who offers opposition

• a muscle that relaxes while another contracts

• a drug that neutralizes or counteracts the effects of another drug

• a person who dissents from some established policy

• a person who dissents from some established policy

• characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards

• disagreeing, especially with a majority

• not submissive to authority

• disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority

• a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions)

• a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment

• in opposition to a civil authority or government

• a person who is discontented or disgusted

• discontented as toward authority

• boldly resisting authority or an opposing force

• a person who refuses to comply

• not conforming to some norm or socially approved pattern of behavior or thought

• someone who refuses to conform to established standards of conduct

• a Protestant in England who is not a member of the Church of England

• not conforming to established customs or doctrines especially in religion

• a person who dissents from some established policy

• the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with

• the major political party opposed to the party in office and prepared to replace it if elected

• the relation between opposed entities

• the act of hostile groups opposing each other

• a contestant that you are matched against

• a body of people united in opposing something

• a direction opposite to another

• an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force)

• a person who dissents from some established policy

• someone who participates in a public display of group feeling

• of or relating to or constituting a linguistic root

• especially of leaves; located at the base of a plant or stem; especially arising directly from the root or rootstock or a root-like stem

• (chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule

• an atom or group of atoms with at least one unpaired electron; in the body it is usually an oxygen molecule that has lost an electron and will stabilize itself by stealing an electron from a nearby molecule

• a person who has radical ideas or opinions

• (mathematics) a quantity expressed as the root of another quantity

• a character conveying the lexical meaning of a logogram

• (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed

• (used of opinions and actions) far beyond the norm

• markedly new or introducing radical change

• arising from or going to the root or source

• a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions)

• `Johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; `greyback' derived from their grey Confederate uniforms

• someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action

• take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance

• break with established customs

• someone who rebels and becomes an outlaw

• a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.

• having deserted a cause or principle

• break with established customs

• of or relating to or characteristic or causing an axial or orbital turn

• relating to or having the nature of a revolution

• advocating or engaged in revolution

• a radical supporter of political or social revolution

• markedly new or introducing radical change

• a radical supporter of political or social revolution

• in opposition to a civil authority or government

• someone who deliberately stirs up trouble