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dissident
/ˈdɪsɪdənt/
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What does dissident mean?
adjective
- In a manner that disagrees; dissenting; discordant.
- Continuing violent actions despite a ceasefire (especially the Good Friday Agreement).
noun
- A person who formally opposes the current political structure, the political group in power, the policies of the political group in power, or current laws.
More meanings (3)
noun
- A member of a paramilitary that has continued actions after the Good Friday Agreement or other ceasefire.
- One who disagrees or dissents; one who separates from the established religion.
- (historical) Sometimes Dissident: in the kingdom of Poland, the name for Christians not part of the Roman Catholic Church.
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Despite the unity of will due to the absence of dissident parties the clubs obey the laws of the psychology of crowds.
In an age of the strangest and most dissident theological speculations, an age of Quakers, Anabaptists, Antinomians, Fifth Monarchy Men, Covenanters, Independents, Gibbites, Presbyterians, and what not, Walton was true to the authority of the Church of England, with no prejudice against the ancient Catholic faith.