Definition of "dissident" []

• Disagreeing, as in opinion or belief. (adjective)
• One who disagrees; a dissenter. (noun)

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• "Mhlongo said that while he rejected the term dissident, which was how political opponents had been labelled in old-style Communist"
• "“Being a dissident is an honor” said one of my Georgian friends, when I told him the whole story."
• "It is mainly what they call dissident Mormons who are the racists, but they are major-league racists. mcl, have you heard the tapes of Warren Jeffs?"