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Definition of Disident

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.

Our life and manners be dissident from theirs.
Robynson (More's Utopia).

Dis"si*dent, n. (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.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

  • In a manner that disagrees; dissenting; discordant; different.
  • A person who formally opposes the current political structure, opposes the political group in power, opposes the policies of the political group in power, or opposes current laws.
  • (Ecclesiastical): One who disagrees or dissents; one who separates from the established religion.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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