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Dissident

Dissident Meaning & Definition
Dissident Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Dissident?

[n] a person who dissents from some established policy
[adj] disagreeing, especially with a majority
[adj] characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards

Synonyms | Synonyms for Dissident: contestant | dissenter | dissentient | dissenting(a) | heretical | heterodox | negative | objector | protester | unorthodox

Related Terms | Find terms related to Dissident: alienated | antagonistic | antiestablishment | antipathetic | apostate | at cross-purposes | at loggerheads | at odds | at odds with | at variance | at variance with | at war | bitter-ender | brawler | breakaway | clashing | colliding | conflicting | contentious | contradicting | contradictory | contrary | counteractant | counteracting | counteractive | counter-culture | countervailing | counterworking | cranky | cross | crotchety | defendant | demurrer | deviant | diehard | differing | disaccordant | disagreeable | disagreeing | discordant | discrepant | disharmonious | disproportionate | disputant | dissenter | dissentient | dissenting | dissonant | divergent | grating | heretic | heterodox | hostile | immiscible | in opposition | inaccordant | incompatible | inharmonious | inimical | intransigent | irreconcilable | jangling | jarring | last-ditcher | litigant | misbeliever | naysayer | negative | negativist | nonconformable | nonconforming | nonconformist | noncooperator | nonobservant | objector | obstructionist | obstructive | opinionist | opposer | opposing | opposition voice | oppositional | oppositionist | oppugnant | out of accord | out of whack | perverse | plaintiff | protestant | protester | protestor | quarreler | reactionary | rebel | recalcitrant | recusant | refractory | renitent | repugnant | resistant | resister | revolutionary | schismatic | scrapper | sectarian | sectary | separatist | unadaptable | unadjustable | uncompliant | unconforming | uncongenial | underground | unharmonious | unorthodox | unsubmissive | variant | wrangler

See Also | CO | conscientious objector | human | individual | mortal | nonconformist | person | political dissident | recusant | somebody | someone | soul

Dissident In Webster's Dictionary

\Dis"si*dent\, a. [L. dissidens, -entis, p. pr. of dissidere to sit apart, to disagree; dis- + sedere to sit: cf. F. dissident. See {Sit}.] No agreeing; dissenting; discordant; different. Our life and manners be dissident from theirs. --Robynson (More's Utopia).
\Dis"si*dent\, n. (Eccl.) One who disagrees or dissents; one who separates from the established religion. The dissident, habituated and taught to think of his dissidenc? as a laudable and necessary opposition to ecclesiastical usurpation. --I. Taylor.

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