dissident B2 Topic:Law & Government 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. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a person who publicly... dissenterobjectorprotester 2 adj · disagreeing with the... dissentient Word family Forms dissidents Derived forms antidissidentcyberdissidentdissidentlynondissident Common collocations political dissident Adjective + noun Etymology AI details 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 View etymology graph -> Topics Law & Government External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # 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 - Law & Government markdown