1. dissident - Noun
2. dissident - Adjective
3. dissident - Adjective Satellite
No agreeing; dissenting; discordant; different.
One who disagrees or dissents; one who separates from the established religion.
Source: Webster's dictionaryAfter 1940, dissident Trotskyists developed more theoretically sophisticated accounts of state capitalism. Source: Internet
After regaining control over the dissident governors, Abd-ar-Rahman III tried to conquer the remaining Christian kingdoms of the Iberian peninsula, attacking them several times and forcing them back beyond the Cantabrian mountains. Source: Internet
A decade of industrialisation was accompanied also by a fervent cultural and literary production with many tensions between the regime and the dissident intellectuals. Source: Internet
Alfaro was also confronted by a dissident tendency inside his own party, directed by its General Leonidas Plaza and constituted by the upper middle class of Guayaquil. Source: Internet
Although the persecution of Falun Gong has drawn considerable condemnation outside China, some observers note that Falun Gong has failed to attract the level of sympathy and sustained attention afforded to other Chinese dissident groups. Source: Internet
A dissident member of the ACLU criticizes its post-9/11 actions as betraying core principles of its founders. Source: Internet