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- noun Plural form of
dissenter .
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Examples
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A delegation of what we termed the dissenters, came to the regular convention under a truce, so to speak, and the chairman of the delegation, addressing the President, said: "Mr. Chairman, we are here, sir, to ask on what terms our Convention can be received into your honorable body."
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Now you know how dissenters from the liberal thought-police feel.
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The percentage of “scientists” who are really dissenters is smaller than the percentage of those, in the general population, who are clinically insane.
Think Progress » Fox Thinks Winter Chill Disproves Global Warming; Experts Disagree 2010
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Muffling of dissenters is what happened in the great democratic nation of the US.
Freedom of Speech:Shhh, They’re Listening « Colleen Anderson 2009
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Image as a civil rights issue; label dissenters as racist—invoke reliable analogies: slavery, Nazism, segregation, isolationism.
The Overton Window Glenn Beck 2010
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Image as a civil rights issue; label dissenters as racist—invoke reliable analogies: slavery, Nazism, segregation, isolationism.
The Overton Window Glenn Beck 2010
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All these events intensify tensions within Iranian society, as state officials label dissenters and protesters as "agents of the U.S."
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Image as a civil rights issue; label dissenters as racist—invoke reliable analogies: slavery, Nazism, segregation, isolationism.
The Overton Window Glenn Beck 2010
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All these events intensify tensions within Iranian society, as state officials label dissenters and protesters as "agents of the U.S."
Iran's Cyberwar 2010
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All these events intensify tensions within Iranian society, as state officials label dissenters and protesters as "agents of the U.S."
Elham Gheytanchi: Iran's Cyberwar Elham Gheytanchi 2010
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