Daughter isn’t adopting team, choosing to follow another? (9)
I believe the answer is:
dissident
'choosing to follow another?' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'daughter isn't adopting team' is the wordplay.
'daughter' becomes 'd' (genealogical abbreviation).
'adopting' means one lot of letters goes inside another (inserted letters are taken on or adopted).
'team' becomes 'side' (both can mean a sports team).
'isnt' going around 'side' is 'issident'.
'd'+'issident'='DISSIDENT'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for dissident that I've seen before include "Opposer of official line" , "Opposer of officialdom" , "Person opposing official policy" , "One opposing official policy" , "Protester" .)