dissident[adjective]Synonyms:- dissenting, disagreeing, discordant, heterodox, nonconformist
[noun]Synonyms:- protester, agitator, dissenter, rebel
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dis‧si‧dent /ˈdɪsəd
ənt, ˈdɪsɪd
ənt/
noun [countable][
Date: 1500-1600;
Language: Latin;
Origin: dissidere 'to sit apart, disagree', from sedere 'to sit']
someone who publicly criticizes the government in a country where this is punished:
a political dissident—dissident adjective [only before noun]:
dissident writers—dissidence noun [uncountable] [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲