dissident Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a person who dissents from some established policy
    contestant; objector; dissenter; protester.
  2. adjective satellite characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards
    heterodox; heretical.
  3. adjective satellite disagreeing, especially with a majority
    dissenting; dissentient.

WordNet

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

Webster 1913