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.
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Our life and manners be dissident from theirs.
--Robynson
(More's
Utopia).
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Dissident \Dis"si*dent\, n. (Eccl.)
One who disagrees or dissents; one who separates from the
established religion.
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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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
dissident
adj 1: characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or
standards [syn: heretical, heterodox]
2: disagreeing, especially with a majority [syn: dissentient,
dissenting(a)]
n : a person who dissents from some established policy [syn: dissenter,
protester, objector, contestant]
WordNet (r) 2.0
118 Moby Thesaurus words for "dissident":
alienated, antagonistic, antiestablishment, antipathetic, apostate,
at cross-purposes, at loggerheads, at odds, at odds with,
at variance, at variance with, at war, bitter-ender, brawler,
breakaway, clashing, colliding, conflicting, contentious,
contradicting, contradictory, contrary, counter-culture,
counteractant, counteracting, counteractive, countervailing,
counterworking, cranky, cross, crotchety, defendant, demurrer,
deviant, diehard, differing, disaccordant, disagreeable,
disagreeing, discordant, discrepant, disharmonious,
disproportionate, disputant, dissenter, dissentient, dissenting,
dissonant, divergent, grating, heretic, heterodox, hostile,
immiscible, in opposition, inaccordant, incompatible, inharmonious,
inimical, intransigent, irreconcilable, jangling, jarring,
last-ditcher, litigant, misbeliever, naysayer, negative,
negativist, nonconformable, nonconforming, nonconformist,
noncooperator, nonobservant, objector, obstructionist, obstructive,
opinionist, opposer, opposing, opposition voice, oppositional,
oppositionist, oppugnant, out of accord, out of whack, perverse,
plaintiff, protestant, protester, protestor, quarreler,
reactionary, rebel, recalcitrant, recusant, refractory, renitent,
repugnant, resistant, resister, revolutionary, schismatic,
scrapper, sectarian, sectary, separatist, unadaptable,
unadjustable, uncompliant, unconforming, uncongenial, underground,
unharmonious, unorthodox, unsubmissive, variant, wrangler
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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