dissident

American  

[dis-i-duhnt] / ˈdɪs ɪ dənt /

noun

1. a person who dissents.

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adjective

1. disagreeing or dissenting, as in opinion or attitude.

   a ban on dissident magazines.

dissident British  

/ ˈdɪsɪdənt /

adjective

1. disagreeing; dissenting

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noun

1. a person who disagrees, esp one who disagrees with the government

Other Word Forms

• antidissident noun
• dissidence noun
• dissidently adverb
• nondissident adjective

Etymology

Origin of dissident

1525–35; < Latin dissident- (stem of dissidēns, present participle of dissidēre to sit apart), equivalent to dis- dis- ¹ + -sid- (combining form of sed- repair ¹ ) + -ent- -ent

Example Sentences

ICE has detained foreign dissidents, U.S. citizens, college students and children.

From The Wall Street Journal

The sacked law professor Tomasek, accused of reporting on Czechoslovak dissidents in France in the 1980s according to Czech media, declined to comment on the case for AFP.

From Barron's

Once we fought the Cold War arm in arm against “tyrannical forces” that “censored dissidents, that closed churches.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Russian dissident Alexei Navalny was almost certainly killed by a poison derived from a rare frog toxin in an Arctic prison colony two years ago, several European governments said Saturday.

From The Wall Street Journal

Chinese Australian dissident artist Badiucao, known for his content against the Chinese Communist Party, posted drawings of the athletes recently.

From BBC

Related Words

• protester
• rebel
• separatist