[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

dissident \dis"sident\, 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.
   1913 webster

         our life and manners be dissident from theirs.
                                                  --robynson
                                                  more's
                                                  utopia.
   1913 webster
see also:
sit 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

dissident \dis"sident\, n. eccl.
   one who disagrees or dissents; one who separates from the
   established religion.
   1913 webster

         the dissident, habituated and taught to think of his
         dissidenc? as a laudable and necessary opposition to
         ecclesiastical usurpation.               --i. taylor.
   1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

dissident
     adj 1: characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or
            standards syn: heretical, heterodox
     2: disagreeing, especially with a majority syn: dissentient,
         dissentinga
     n : a person who dissents from some established policy syn: dissenter,
          protester, objector, contestant
see also:
heretical heterodox dissentient dissentinga dissenter protester 
objector contestant 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

118 moby thesaurus words for "dissident":
   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

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