Definitions for: Dissident

[n] a person who dissents from some established policy
[adj] disagreeing, especially with a majority
[adj] characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: contestant, dissenter, dissentient, dissenting(a), heretical, heterodox, negative, objector, protester, unorthodox

See Also: CO, conscientious objector, human, individual, mortal, nonconformist, person, political dissident, recusant, somebody, someone, soul

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