dissident 1
noundomain: person
Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]
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EnglishDefinition
a person who dissents from some established policy
Hypernym
person 1
noun
a human being
EnglishDerivationally related form
dissident 2
adjective
disagreeing, especially with a majority
dissident 1
adjective
characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards
Hyponym
one who refuses to serve in the armed forces on grounds of conscience
nonconformist 2
noun
someone who refuses to conform to established standards of conduct
a dissenter from political orthodoxy
NIMBY 1
noun
someone who objects to siting something in their own neighborhood but does not object to it being sited elsewhere; an acronym for not in my backyard
