Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Dissident"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
Our life and manners be dissident from theirs.
--Robynson
(More's
Utopia).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dissident \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (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}]
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