'Dissident' definitions:
Definition of 'dissident'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards [syn: dissident, heretical, heterodox]
adjective
Disagreeing, especially with a majority [syn: dissentient, dissenting(a), dissident]
noun
A person who dissents from some established policy [syn: dissenter, dissident, protester, objector, contestant]
Definition of 'Dissident'
From: GCIDE
- Dissident \Dis"si*dent\, n. (Eccl.) One who disagrees or dissents; one who separates from the established religion. [1913 Webster]
- The dissident, habituated and taught to think of his dissidenc? as a laudable and necessary opposition to ecclesiastical usurpation. --I. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Dissident'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Our life and manners be dissident from theirs. --Robynson (More's Utopia). [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'dissident'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- alienated,
- antagonistic,
- antiestablishment,
- antipathetic,
- apostate,
- at cross-purposes,
- at loggerheads,
- at odds,
- at odds with,
- at variance,
- at variance with,
- at war,
- bitter-ender,
- brawler,
- breakaway,
- clashing,
- colliding,
- conflicting,
- contentious,
- contradicting,
- contradictory,
- contrary,
- counter-culture,
- counteractant,
- counteracting,
- counteractive,
- countervailing,
- counterworking,
- cranky,
- cross,
- crotchety,
- defendant,
- demurrer,
- deviant,
- diehard,
- differing,
- disaccordant,
- disagreeable,
- disagreeing,
- discordant,
- discrepant,
- disharmonious,
- disproportionate,
- disputant,
- dissenter,
- dissentient,
- dissenting,
- dissonant,
- divergent,
- grating,
- heretic,
- heterodox,
- hostile,
- immiscible,
- in opposition,
- inaccordant,
- incompatible,
- inharmonious,
- inimical,
- intransigent,
- irreconcilable,
- jangling,
- jarring,
- last-ditcher,
- litigant,
- misbeliever,
- naysayer,
- negative,
- negativist,
- nonconformable,
- nonconforming,
- nonconformist,
- noncooperator,
- nonobservant,
- objector,
- obstructionist,
- obstructive,
- opinionist,
- opposer,
- opposing,
- opposition voice,
- oppositional,
- oppositionist,
- oppugnant,
- out of accord,
- out of whack,
- perverse,
- plaintiff,
- protestant,
- protester,
- protestor,
- quarreler,
- reactionary,
- rebel,
- recalcitrant,
- recusant,
- refractory,
- renitent,
- repugnant,
- resistant,
- resister,
- revolutionary,
- schismatic,
- scrapper,
- sectarian,
- sectary,
- separatist,
- unadaptable,
- unadjustable,
- uncompliant,
- unconforming,
- uncongenial,
- underground,
- unharmonious,
- unorthodox,
- unsubmissive,
- variant,
- wrangler