dissident
Syllables: dis·si·dentUK/ˈdɪsɪdənt/
dissident adjective: in a manner that disagrees; dissenting; discordant.
Adjective
dissident (comparative more dissident, superlative most dissident)
- In a manner that disagrees; dissenting; discordant.
- Near-synonym: dissonant
- 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...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...
- Synonyms:
- dissonant
- Continuing violent actions despite a ceasefire (especially the Good Friday Agreement).
- This tragic event, coupled with a police operation on the Drumcree site July 15-17, 1998 - which revealed a small cache of explosives and arms and resulted in arrests of dissident loyalists effectively ended the standoff.1998 October 12, Human Rights Watch Staff, Human Rights Watch World Report 1999, Human Rights Watch, →ISBN, page 304
- Of the 'dissident' groups which have emerged, the most important has been the RIRA [Real IRA]. While vulnerable to splits, it has contained the deadliest capacity.2011 July 15, Max Taylor, P.M. Currie, Dissident Irish Republicanism, Bloomsbury Publishing USA, →ISBN, page 102
Noun
dissident (plural dissidents)
- 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.
- I once more find myself a dissident, and a dissident in a very small minority.1895 June 15, “Claude Monet”, in The Speaker, volume 11, London: Mather & Crowther, →OCLC, page 658
- It is largely the story of a man who fell from being a potential leader of the Soviet Communist Party in the early 1960s to being an outcast by the mid-1970s – a dissident in the eyes of officialdom, a "half-dissident" in his own eyes.1989, Stephen F. Cohen, Katrina vanden Heuvel, quoting Len Karpinsky, “The Autobiography of a ‘Half-Dissident’”, in Voices of Glasnost: Interviews with Gorbachev's Reformers, New York, N.Y.: W. W....
- Synonyms:
- dissenter
- A member of a paramilitary that has continued actions after the Good Friday Agreement or other ceasefire.
- One who disagrees or dissents; one who separates from the established religion.
- Synonyms:
- dissenter
- Sometimes Dissident: in the kingdom of Poland, the name for Christians not part of the Roman Catholic Church.
- From Warſaw, May 25. That the Dyet of Convocation had held its laſt Seſſion on the 22d, and then agreed to and ſign'd a general Confederacy in good Order, having firſt Sworn not to Elect a Foreigner as above. The Day of Election was fixt for the 25th of Aug. But a Proteſt was enter'd by the...1733 May, “Foreign Advices in May, 1733”, in “Sylvanus Urban” [pseudonym; Edward Cave], editor, The Gentleman's Magazine: or Monthly Intelligencer, volume III, number 24, London: Printed, and sold at...
- The Article which enjoins Peace among the Diſſidents was ſigned by all the Catholics then present, and ſo are alſo the continual Repetitions of it in all the Pacta Conventa, and in the ſame Terms, to the Death of the late King; whereas the Confederacies of 1717 and 1733 are not signed by the...1767, Reflections on the Affairs of the Dissidents in Poland, London: [s.n.], →OCLC, page 7
dissident meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Arabic
dissident in Tamil
- இணக்கமற்ற, ஒத்திராத, வேறுபட்ட
dissident in Malayalam
- dissenter, protester objector, rebel
- വിമതൻ, എതിർക്കുന്നവൻ, ഭിന്നാഭിപ്രായമുള്ള ആൾ, ഭിന്നമതി, വിസംവാദി, അഭിപ്രായവ്യത്യാസമുള്ള ആൾ
- disagreeing, dissentient, dissenting
- യോജിക്കാത്ത, വിമതനായ, വിസംഗത, വിമത, ഭൂരിപക്ഷാഭിപ്രായത്തിനെതിരു നിൽക്കുന്ന, ഔദ്യോഗികപക്ഷത്തോടു ചോരാത്ത
dissident in Kannada
- ಅತೃಪ್ತ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ, ಭಿನ್ನಮತೀಯ, ಅಸಂತುಷ್ಟನಾದವನು, ಒಪ್ಪದವರು
dissident in Arabic
- person who opposes the current political structure, group or laws
- مُنْشَقّ munšaqq
More languagesFewer languages
- dissident in Persian
- دگراندیش degarandiš
Examples of dissident in a sentence
- And yet ye moſt parte of them is more diſſident from the maners of the worlde nowe a dayes, then my communication was.1556, Thomas More; Ralph Robinson, transl., “The First Book of the Communication of Raphael Hythloday Concerning the Best State of a...
- Dissident, or unsolicited, proposals are published along with those management is required to file annually, […]2012, Kimberley A. Bates, Dean A. Hennessy, “Does Convergence in Regulation Lead to Convergence in Practice? The Case of Dissident Proxy...
- The post-conflict era in Northern Ireland has been characterized by fluctuating levels of support for dissident republicanism and their “prolonged campaign”2022 April 28, Innocent Chiluwa, Discourse, Media, and Conflict: Examining War and Resolution in the News, Cambridge University Press...
- Other prominent Chinese dissidents and activists on the platform reported a plunge in follower counts, too.2024 March 18, Nectar Gan and Yong Xiong, “A dissident in Europe is enraging Beijing. Now Chinese police are coming for his social media...
Synonyms of dissident
Forms of dissident
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more dissident |
| superlative | most dissident |
| Noun | |
| plural | dissidents |
Origin of dissident
From Latin dissidēns, present participle of dissideō (“to sit apart; to disagree”), from dis- (“asunder, apart, in two”) + sedeō (“to sit”).
Words formed from dissident
Phrases with dissident
Questions about dissident
- What does dissident mean?
- Dissident means in a manner that disagrees; dissenting; discordant.
- What is dissident in Tamil?
- Dissident in Tamil is இணக்கமற்ற, ஒத்திராத, வேறுபட்ட. See Dissident meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use dissident in a sentence?
- And yet ye moſt parte of them is more diſſident from the maners of the worlde nowe a dayes, then my communication was.
- What part of speech is dissident?
- Dissident can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce dissident?
- Dissident is pronounced /ˈdɪsɪdənt/ (UK).
Words near dissident in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: dissident (page history and authors); dissident (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); dissident (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); dissident (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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