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OBJECTOR

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who dissents from some established policy

Synonyms:

contestant; dissenter; dissident; objector; protester

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("objector" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "objector"):

CO; conscientious objector (one who refuses to serve in the armed forces on grounds of conscience)

nonconformist; recusant (someone who refuses to conform to established standards of conduct)

political dissident (a dissenter from political orthodoxy)

NIMBY (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)

Derivation:

object (express or raise an objection or protest or criticism or express dissent)

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