dissident

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

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

   The dissident was imprisoned for criticizing the regime.

2. 2
   adj

   Disagreeing with the official or majority view.

   Dissident members of the party voted against the new law.

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

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