GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Dissident , a. [L. dissidens, -entis, p. pr. of dissidere to sit apart, to disagree; dis- + sedere to sit: cf. F. dissident. See Sit.] No agreeing; dissenting; discordant; different.
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   Our life and manners be dissident from theirs.
   Robynson (More's Utopia).
   
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   Dissident, n. (Eccl.) One who disagrees or dissents; one who separates from the established religion.
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   The dissident, habituated and taught to think of his dissidenc as a laudable and necessary opposition to ecclesiastical usurpation.
   I. Taylor.
   
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