dissident
Use Dissident in a sentence
ɪ noun
1.
a person who dissents.
adjective
2.
disagreeing or dissenting, as in opinion or attitude: a ban on dissident magazines.
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| —adj | |
| 1. | disagreeing; dissenting |
| —n | |
| 2. | a person who disagrees, esp one who disagrees with the government |
| [C16: from Latin dissidēre to be remote from, from | |
| 'dissidence | |
| —n | |
| 'dissidently | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
dissident
1530s, from L. dissidentem (nom. dissidens), prp. of dissidere "to be remote, disagree, be removed from," lit. "to sit apart," from dis- "apart" + sedere "to sit" (see sedentary). The noun in the political sense first used 1940, with rise of totalitarian systems, especially
with ref. to the Soviet Union. The noun is first recorded 1766, in allusion to Protestants.
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Example sentences
In the Soviet age, he was to be known as a dissident.
One thing keeping them away is the threat of censorship, and fear of being identified as a dissident.
He was a dissident and a Czech patriot.
Tens of thousands have marched in a funeral for a dissident cleric in Iran.
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