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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Dissident \Dis"si*dent\, adjective [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).
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Dissident \Dis"si*dent\, noun (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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
dissident
adjective
1: characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards [syn: {heretical}, {heterodox}]
2: disagreeing, especially with a majority [syn: {dissentient}, {dissenting(a)}]
noun: a person who dissents from some established policy [syn: {dissenter}, {protester}, {objector}, {contestant}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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
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