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3 definitions found 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 1.6 [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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