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All dissenting synonyms

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adjective dissenting

  • factional — of a faction or factions.
  • divisive — forming or expressing division or distribution.
  • disagreeing — Present participle of disagree.
  • heretical — of, relating to, or characteristic of heretics or heresy.
  • sceptical — inclined to skepticism; having an attitude of doubt: a skeptical young woman who will question whatever you say.
  • anti — You can refer to people who are opposed to a particular activity or idea as antis.
  • noncompliant — failure or refusal to comply, as with a law, regulation, or term of a contract.
  • rebel — a person who refuses allegiance to, resists, or rises in arms against the government or ruler of his or her country.
  • dissident — a person who dissents.
  • complaining — to express dissatisfaction, pain, uneasiness, censure, resentment, or grief; find fault: He complained constantly about the noise in the corridor.
  • privative — causing, or tending to cause, deprivation.
  • skeptical — doubtful about a particular thing: My teacher thinks I can get a scholarship, but I'm skeptical.
  • negative — expressing or containing negation or denial: a negative response to the question.
  • incompatible — not compatible; unable to exist together in harmony: She asked for a divorce because they were utterly incompatible.
  • dissentient — dissenting, especially from the opinion of the majority.
  • show-me — demanding proof or evidence before being convinced: a show-me attitude toward new ideas.
  • non-conformist — a person who refuses to conform, as to established customs, attitudes, or ideas.
  • unconvinced — to move by argument or evidence to belief, agreement, consent, or a course of action: to convince a jury of his guilt; A test drive will convince you that this car handles well.
  • at odds — If someone is at odds with someone else, or if two people are at odds, they are disagreeing or quarrelling with each other.
  • discordant — being at variance; disagreeing; incongruous: discordant opinions.
  • freethinking — a person who forms opinions on the basis of reason, independent of authority or tradition, especially a person whose religious opinions differ from established belief.
  • recusant — refusing to submit, comply, etc.
  • schismatic — Also, schismatical. of, relating to, or of the nature of schism; guilty of schism.
  • aporetic — Tending to doubt.
  • revisionist — an advocate of revision, especially of some political or religious doctrine.
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