Meaning of DISSIDENT
| Pronunciation: | | 'disidnt
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- [n] a person who dissents from some established policy
- [adj] disagreeing, especially with a majority
- [adj] characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards
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| | Synonyms: | | contestant, dissenter, dissentient, dissenting(a), heretical, heterodox, negative, objector, protester, unorthodox |
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| | See Also: | | CO, conscientious objector, human, individual, mortal, nonconformist, person, political dissident, recusant, somebody, someone, soul | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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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