Dissident Definition

dĭsĭ-dənt
dissidents
adjective
Disagreeing, as in opinion or belief.
American Heritage
Not agreeing; dissenting.
Webster's New World

In a manner that disagrees; dissenting; discordant; different.

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noun
dissidents
A dissident person; dissenter.
Webster's New World
A person who formally opposes the current political structure, opposes the political group in power, opposes the policies of the political group in power, or opposes current laws.
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Noun

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dissident
Plural:
dissidents

Origin of Dissident

  • Latin dissidēns dissident- present participle of dissidēre to disagree dis- apart dis– sedēre to sit sed- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Latin dissidens, -entis, present participle of dissidere (“to sit apart, to disagree”); dis- + sedere to sit.

    From Wiktionary

Dissident Sentence Examples

  • The former soviet dissident was expected to speak of democratic ideals, not disengagement.

  • The dissident terrorists, who broke away from the IRA after it declared its ceasefire, are believed to have a sizeable arsenal.

  • Meanwhile, on January 25, dissident republican Colm Murphy was jailed for 14 years for conspiracy to commit the bombing.

  • In some strange, unexpected and unwanted way, the president has again become a dissident, a dissident from his own government.

  • They were to exploit in brilliant fashion this desire to return home in order to arrest dissident communists.

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