dissident

B2 Topic:People & Society

US /ˈdɪsədɪnt/ UK /ˈdɪsɪdənt/ See IPA manual

Freq #37966

Meanings

1

noun
A person who publicly disagrees with and opposes their government or its policies.

The dissident was imprisoned for criticizing the regime.
2

adj
Disagreeing with the official or majority view.

Dissident members of the party voted against the new law.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a person who publicly... dissenter objector protester

2 adj · disagreeing with the... dissentient

Word family

Forms dissidents

Derived forms antidissidentcyberdissidentdissidentlynondissident

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Phrases (1)

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political dissident
a person who openly opposes accepted or official political views

Adjective + noun

Etymology

From Latin dissidēns, present participle of dissideō (“to sit apart; to disagree”), from dis- (“asunder, apart, in two”) + sedeō (“to sit”).

*sed- Proto-Indo-European dissidēns Latin

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# dissident

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun, adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈdɪsədɪnt/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈdɪsɪdənt/
**Frequency rank:** 37966

## Meanings
1. A person who publicly disagrees with and opposes their government or its policies.
2. Disagreeing with the official or majority view.

## Examples
- The dissident was imprisoned for criticizing the regime.
- Dissident members of the party voted against the new law.

## Derived Forms
- antidissident
- cyberdissident
- dissidently
- nondissident

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *sed-
- Root: dissidēns

## Etymology
From Latin dissidēns, present participle of dissideō (“to sit apart; to disagree”), from dis- (“asunder, apart, in two”) + sedeō (“to sit”).

## AI Etymology
Dissident comes from Latin dissidēns, present participle of dissideō (“to sit apart; to disagree”), from dis- (“asunder, apart, in two”) + sedeō (“to sit”). In current use, the main senses are “A person who publicly disagrees with and opposes their government or its policies” and “Disagreeing with the official or majority view”.

## Topics
- People & Society

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