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Synonyms for dissident

Grammar : Adj, noun
Spell : dis-i-duh nt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɪs ɪ dənt

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Définition of dissident

Origin :
  • 1530s, from Latin dissidentem (nominative dissidens), present participle of dissidere "to be remote; disagree, be removed from," literally "to sit apart," from dis- "apart" (see dis-) + sedere "to sit" (see sedentary).
  • adj disagreeing, differing
  • noun person who holds different belief
Example sentences :
  • Anti-clericalism works for the benefit of the dissident sect.
  • Extract from : « Philosophic Nights In Paris » by Remy De Gourmont
  • It was established by the dissident Jews who united with the Platonists.
  • Extract from : « A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 7 (of 10) » by Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)
  • And after tonight, I wasn't sure that I was in any better shape than a Chinese dissident.
  • Extract from : « Little Brother » by Cory Doctorow
  • His head answers for his discretion; he is a dissident priest.
  • Extract from : « The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 » by Eugne Sue
  • About three in the morning, the dissident Armed-Forces have met.
  • Extract from : « The French Revolution » by Thomas Carlyle
  • Thy-doxy, if thou be Dissident, is that he cannot; but that he must become an accursed thing.
  • Extract from : « The French Revolution » by Thomas Carlyle
  • Hoxha silenced the dissident elements, however, and had most of them expelled from the Party or arrested.
  • Extract from : « Area Handbook for Albania » by Eugene K. Keefe
  • Moreover, these dissident patterns merge into a remarkably harmonious, almost normal, average curve.
  • Extract from : « A Quantitative Study of the Nocturnal Migration of Birds. » by George H. Lowery.
  • The arguments employed had been considered and rejected a hundred times already by every member of the dissident group.
  • Extract from : « The Testing of Diana Mallory » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
  • The first thing to do was to create a strong frontier against the dissident tribes of the Blad-es-Siba.
  • Extract from : « In Morocco » by Edith Wharton

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