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dissident

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dis⋅si⋅dent

  [dis-i-duhnt]
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–noun
1. a person who dissents.
–adjective
2. disagreeing or dissenting, as in opinion or attitude: a ban on dissident magazines.
Origin:
1525–35; < L dissident- (s. of dissidēns, prp. of dissidēre to sit apart), equiv. to dis- dis- 1 + -sid- (comb. form of sed- sit ) + -ent- -ent

Related forms:
dis⋅si⋅dent⋅ly, adverb
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dis·si·dent   (dĭs'ĭ-dənt)   
adj.  Disagreeing, as in opinion or belief.
n.  One who disagrees; a dissenter.

[Latin dissidēns, dissident-, present participle of dissidēre, to disagree : dis-, apart; see dis- + sedēre, to sit; see sed- in Indo-European roots.]
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Word Origin & History

dissident  (adj.)
c.1534, 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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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