dissident as a noun: - 1
as an adjective: - 1
- 2
dissident
noun
1 dissident
A person who dissents from some established policy.
synonyms: contestant, dissenter, objector, protester.
Roget 832:
discontent,
discontentment;
dissatisfaction;
dissent
etc.
489.
disappointment,
mortification;
cold comfort;
regret
etc.
833;
repining,
taking on
etc.
v.;
heart-burning,
heart-grief;
querulousness
etc.
(lamentation)
839;
hypercriticism.
inquietude,
vexation of spirit,
soreness;
worry,
concern,
fear
etc.
860.
[person who is discontented]
malcontent,
grumbler,
growler,
croaker,
dissident,
dissenter,
laudator temporis acti [Lat.];
censurer,
complainer,
fault-finder,
murmerer†.
cave of Adullam†,
indignation meeting,
winter of our discontent"
[Henry VI];
with what I most enjoy contented least"
[Shakespeare].
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Dutch: afgescheidene, dissident, andersdenkende
adjective
1 dissident
Characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards.
synonyms: heretical, heterodox.
Roget 984:
heterodox,
heretical;
unorthodox,
unscriptural,
uncanonical;
antiscriptural†,
apocryphal;
unchristian,
antichristian†;
schismatic,
recusant,
iconoclastic;
sectarian;
dissenting,
dissident;
secular
&c.,
(lay)
997.
pagan;
heathen,
heathenish;
ethnic,
ethnical;
gentile,
paynim†;
pantheistic,
polytheistic.
Judaical,
Mohammedan,
Brahminical†,
Buddhist
etc.
n.;
Romish,
Protestant
etc.
n..
bigoted
etc.
(prejudiced)
481,
(obstinate)
606;
superstitious
etc.
(credulous)
486;
fanatical;
idolatrous
etc.
991;
visionary
etc.
(imaginative)
515.
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Polish: heretycki, heterodoksyjny, nieortodoksyjny
2 dissident
Disagreeing, especially with a majority.
synonyms: dissentient, dissenting.
Roget 489:
dissenting
etc.
v.;
negative
etc.
536;
dissident,
dissentient;
unconsenting
etc.
(refusing)
764;
non-content,
nonjuring†;
protestant,
recusant;
unconvinced,
unconverted.
unavowed,
unacknowledged;
out of the question.
discontented
etc.
832;
unwilling
etc.
603;
extorted.
sectarian,
denominational,
schismatic;
heterodox;
intolerant.
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Roget 832:
discontented;
dissatisfied
etc.
v.;
unsatisfied,
ungratified;
dissident;
dissentient
etc.
489;
malcontent,
malcontented,
exigent,
exacting,
hypercritical.
repining
etc.
v.;
regretful
etc.
833;
down in the mouth
etc.
(dejected)
837.
in high dudgeon,
in a fume,
in the sulks,
in the dumps,
in bad humor;
glum,
sulky;
sour as a crab;
soured,
sore;
out of humor,
out of temper.
disappointing
etc.
v.;
unsatisfactory.
frustrated
(failure)
732.
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Moby thesaurus: alienated, antagonistic, antiestablishment, antipathetic, apostate, at cross-purposes, at loggerheads, at odds, at odds with, at variance, at variance with, at war, bitter-ender, brawler, breakaway, clashing, colliding, conflicting, contentious, contradicting, contradictory, contrary, counter-culture, counteractant, counteracting, counteractive, countervailing, counterworking, cranky, cross, crotchety, defendant, demurrer, deviant, diehard, differing, disaccordant, disagreeable, disagreeing, discordant, discrepant, disharmonious, disproportionate, disputant, dissenter, dissentient, dissenting, dissonant, divergent, grating, heretic, heterodox, hostile, immiscible, in opposition, inaccordant, incompatible, inharmonious, inimical, intransigent, irreconcilable, jangling, jarring, last-ditcher, litigant, misbeliever, naysayer, negative, negativist, nonconformable, nonconforming, nonconformist, noncooperator, nonobservant, objector, obstructionist, obstructive, opinionist, opposer, opposing, opposition voice, oppositional, oppositionist, oppugnant, out of accord, out of whack, perverse, plaintiff, protestant, protester, protestor, quarreler, reactionary, rebel, recalcitrant, recusant, refractory, renitent, repugnant, resistant, resister, revolutionary, schismatic, scrapper, sectarian, sectary, separatist, unadaptable, unadjustable, uncompliant, unconforming, uncongenial, underground, unharmonious, unorthodox, unsubmissive, variant, wrangler ... show more.
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