English Explanatory Dictionary

dissident

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. In a manner that disagrees; dissenting; discordant.
  2. Continuing violent actions despite a ceasefire (especially the Good Friday Agreement).
noun
  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. A member of a paramilitary that has continued actions after the Good Friday Agreement or other ceasefire.
  3. One who disagrees or dissents; one who separates from the established religion.
  4. Sometimes Dissident: in the kingdom of Poland, the name for Christians not part of the Roman Catholic Church.

Pronunciation

/ˈdɪsɪdənt/ en-au-dissident.ogg

Word forms

dissident more dissident most dissident dissidents

Etymology

From Latin dissidēns, present participle of dissideō (“to sit apart; to disagree”), from dis- (“asunder, apart, in two”) + sedeō (“to sit”).

Synonyms

dissonant dissenter

Derived words

antidissident cyberdissident dissidently dissident right nondissident

Translations

Bulgarian: разко́лник Catalan: dissident Finnish: dissidentti German: Andersdenkender German: Andersdenkende German: Andersgläubiger German: Andersgläubige German: Dissenter German: Dissenterin Macedonian: ра́сколник Portuguese: dissidente Russian: раско́льник Russian: раско́льница Serbo-Croatian: ра́ско̄лнӣк Serbo-Croatian: ráskōlnīk
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