remonstrant means inclined or tending to remonstrate; expostulatory; urging reasons in opposition to something. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Why “remonstrant” is a great word
REMONSTRANT — [Adjective, Noun] Describing a position of principled objection, or one who makes such a formal protest; specifically, a member of the liberal Dutch Protestant denomination arising from 17th-century Arminian dissent. From the Latin remōnstrāns, present participle of remōnstrāre ("to demonstrate, show again, protest"), from re- ("again") + mōnstrāre ("to show"). Borrowed into English via Dutch remonstrant in the early 17th century. Unlike "compliant," which suggests pliant acceptance, or "Calvinist," which denotes a rigid, predestinarian orthodoxy, the remonstrant is the stance of demonstrated dissent. It is the measured petition left on a magistrate's desk, the weary tutor correcting a prince, and the quiet persistence of a candle kept lit in a doctrinal gale—the solemn belief that to show the thing once more is the final act of a conscience kept awake.
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch remonstrant, from Latin remōnstrāns.
adj
- Inclined or tending to remonstrate; expostulatory; urging reasons in opposition to something.
noun
- One who remonstrates, or issues (usually formal and written) protestations.
- A member of the Dutch Arminians whose divergence from Calvinism was expressed in five articles in the Remonstrance of 1610; subsequently a member of the liberal Protestant denomination that developed from this group.