Dissident

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]

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