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dissident(dictionary)
dissident(dictionary)

dissident (oh)



[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin; Origin: dissidere 'to sit apart, disagree', from sedere 'to sit']
someone who publicly criticizes the government in a country where this is punished
::a prominent political dissident
-- dissident adj [only before noun]
::dissident writers
-- dissidence n [U]