dissident
Etymology

From Latin dissidēns, dissidentis, present participle of dissidēre ("to sit apart; to disagree"), from dis- ("asunder, apart, in two") + sedēre ("to sit").

Pronunciation
  • (RP, America) IPA: /ˈdɪsɪdənt/
Adjective

dissident

  1. In a manner that disagrees; dissenting; discordant.
    Near-synonym: dissonant
    • 1556, Thomas More; Ralph Robinson, transl., “The First Book of the Communication of Raphael Hythloday Concerning the Best State of a Commonwealth”, in A Frutefull Pleasaunt, [and] Wittie Worke, of the Beste State of a Publique Weale, and of the Newe Yle, Called Vtopia: Written in Latine, by the Right Worthie and Famous Syr Thomas More Knyght, and Translated into Englishe by Raphe Robynson, sometime Fellowe of Corpus Christi College in Oxford, and Nowe by Him at this Seconde Edition Newlie Perused and Corrected, and also with Diuers Notes in the Margent Augmented, 2nd English language edition, London: Imprinted at London: By [Richard Tottel for] Abraham Vele, dwellinge in Pauls churcheyarde at the signe of the Lambe, OCLC 606520297 ↗; reprinted as Edward Arber, editor, Utopia. Originally Printed in Latin, 1516. Translated into English by Ralph Robinson, Sometime Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford. His Second and Revised Edition, 1556: Preceded by the Title and Epistle of His First Edition, 1551, London: Alex, Murray & Son, 30, Queen Square, W.C., 1 March 1869, OCLC 650389358 ↗, pages 65–66 ↗:
      Verilye yf all thynges that euel and vitiouſs maners haue caused to ſeme inconueniente and noughte ſhould be refuſed, as thinges vnmete and reprochefull, then we muſt among Chriſten people wynke at the moſte parte of al thoſe thinges, whych Chriſt taught vs, and ſo ſtreitly forbad them to be winked at, yat thoſe thinges alſo whiche he whiſpered in ye eares of his diſciples he commaunded to be proclaimed in open houſes. And yet ye moſt parte of them is more diſſident from the maners of the worlde nowe a dayes, then my communication was.
  2. (Northern Ireland) Continuing violent actions despite a ceasefire (especially the Good Friday Agreement).
Noun

dissident (plural dissidents)

  1. A person who formally opposes the current political structure, the political group in power, the policies of the political group in power, or current laws.
  2. (Christianity) One who disagrees or dissents; one who separates from the established religion.
    Synonyms: dissenter
    1. (Christianity, specifically, historical) Sometimes Dissident: in the kingdom of Poland, the name for Christians not part of the Roman Catholic Church.
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