DISSIDENT

dissentient, dissenting, dissident

(adjective) disagreeing, especially with a majority

dissident, heretical, heterodox

(adjective) characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards

dissenter, dissident, protester, objector, contestant

(noun) a person who dissents from some established policy

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Adjective

dissident (comparative more dissident, superlative most dissident)

In a manner that disagrees; dissenting; discordant.

Noun

dissident (plural dissidents)

A person who formally opposes the current political structure, the political group in power, the policies of the political group in power, or current laws.

(Christianity) One who disagrees or dissents; one who separates from the established religion.

(Christianity, specifically, historical) Sometimes Dissident: in the kingdom of Poland, the name for Christians not part of the Roman Catholic Church.

Source: Wiktionary

Dis"si*dent, a. Etym: [L. dissidens, -entis, p. pr. of dissidere to sit apart, to disagree; dis- + sedere to sit: cf. F. dissident. See Sit.]

Definition: No agreeing; dissenting; discordant; different. Our life and manners be dissident from theirs. Robynson (More's Utopia).

Dis"si*dent, n. (Eccl.)

Definition: One who disagrees or dissents; one who separates from the established religion. The dissident, habituated and taught to think of his dissidencI. Taylor.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition