dissident
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dis·si·dent 
[dis-i-duhnt] Pronunciation Key
[dis-i-duhnt] Pronunciation Key –noun
–adjective
| 1. | a person who dissents. |
| 2. | disagreeing or dissenting, as in opinion or attitude: a ban on dissident magazines. |
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| dis·si·dent
(dĭs'ĭ-dənt) Pronunciation Key
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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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
dissident (adj.)
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
WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
| dissident | |
adjective | |
| 1. | characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards |
| 2. | disagreeing, especially with a majority [syn: dissentient] |
noun | |
| 1. | a person who dissents from some established policy [syn: dissenter] |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Dissident
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).
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Dissident
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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