dissenter
noun
dis·sent·er
di-ˈsen-tər 
1
: one that dissents
2
capitalized
: an English Nonconformist
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Examples of dissenter in a Sentence
a society that prized conformity very highly and treated dissenters of any kind very harshly
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Even Fed officials don’t always agree with the central bank’s actions, such as Fed Governor Michelle Bowman, the lone dissenter to the Fed’s decision to cut rates by half a point in September.
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Bryan Mena, CNN, 5 Oct. 2024
Certainly, with one-time Republican dissenter Utah Gov. Spencer Cox now having hitched his wagon firmly to the Trump train in the last dash toward Election Day, notions of SLC and Park City being aligned with Sundance’s values of inclusion and the unconventional might prove a harder sell.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2024
Johnson can afford to lose only four dissenters from within his conference if Democrats are united in opposition.
—Kevin Freking, The Denver Post, 9 Sep. 2024
The majority responded that the dissenters were leaping to unwarranted conclusions.
—Ruth Marcus, Washington Post, 24 June 2024
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Bryan Mena, CNN, 5 Oct. 2024
Certainly, with one-time Republican dissenter Utah Gov. Spencer Cox now having hitched his wagon firmly to the Trump train in the last dash toward Election Day, notions of SLC and Park City being aligned with Sundance’s values of inclusion and the unconventional might prove a harder sell.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2024
Johnson can afford to lose only four dissenters from within his conference if Democrats are united in opposition.
—Kevin Freking, The Denver Post, 9 Sep. 2024
The majority responded that the dissenters were leaping to unwarranted conclusions.
—Ruth Marcus, Washington Post, 24 June 2024
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dissenter
noun
dis·sent·er
dis-ˈent-ər
1
: one that dissents
2
capitalized
: an English Protestant who is not in agreement with the rules or beliefs of the Church of England
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