dissident
11dissident — • dissident, överlöpare, desertör, förrädare …
12dissident — ► NOUN ▪ a person who opposes official policy. ► ADJECTIVE ▪ in opposition to official policy. DERIVATIVES dissidence noun. ORIGIN from Latin dissidere sit apart, disagree …
13Dissident — For the Pearl Jam song, see Dissident (song). A dissident, broadly defined, is a person who actively challenges an established doctrine, policy, or institution. When dissidents unite for a common cause they often effect a dissident movement. The… …
14Dissident — Dissidence Andrei Sakharov, un dissident anticommuniste de l Union soviétique, qui reçut le prix Nobel de la paix en 1975. Un dissident est une personne qui se sépare d une communauté ou du parti dont il était membre. Il ne reconnaît plus la… …
15Dissident — Der Begriff Dissident (von lat. dissidere „nicht übereinstimmen, getrennt sein, widersprechen“), auch Systemkritiker, bezeichnet einen Andersdenkenden. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Historisch 2 Stalinistisch 3 Zeitgenössisch 4 …
16dissident — [[t]dɪ̱sɪdənt[/t]] dissidents 1) N COUNT Dissidents are people who disagree with and criticize their government, especially because it is undemocratic. ...political dissidents. ...former Soviet dissident Natan Schransky. 2) ADJ: ADJ n Dissident… …
17dissident — {{11}}dissident (adj.) 1530s, from L. dissidentem (nom. dissidens), prp. of dissidere to be remote; disagree, be removed from, lit. to sit apart, from dis apart (see DIS (Cf. dis )) + sedere to sit (see SEDENTARY (Cf. sedentary)). {{12}} …
18dissident — UK [ˈdɪsɪdənt] / US noun [countable] Word forms dissident : singular dissident plural dissidents a) someone who disagrees publicly with a government, especially in a country where this is not allowed b) someone who disagrees publicly with the… …
19dissident — dis|si|dent [ˈdısıdənt] n [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: dissidere to sit apart, disagree , from sedere to sit ] someone who publicly criticizes the government in a country where this is punished ▪ a prominent political dissident… …
20dissident — adjective Etymology: Latin dissident , dissidens, present participle of dissidēre to sit apart, disagree, from dis + sedēre to sit more at sit Date: 1769 disagreeing especially with an established religious or political system, organization, or… …