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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