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UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈdɪsɪdənt/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈdɪsɪdənt/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(dis′i dənt)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
dis•si•dent /ˈdɪsɪdənt/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. a person who dissents:The dissidents marched in protest against the ban.

adj. [before a noun]
  1. disagreeing or dissenting, such as in opinion or attitude:The dissident members kept the issue from coming to a vote.
dis•si•dence, n. [uncountable]See -sid-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
dis•si•dent  (dis′i dənt),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. a person who dissents.

adj. 
  1. disagreeing or dissenting, as in opinion or attitude:a ban on dissident magazines.
  • Latin dissident- (stem of dissidēns, present participle of dissidēre to sit apart), equivalent. to dis- dis-1 + -sid- (combining form of sed- sit) + -ent- -ent
  • 1525–35
dis′si•dent•ly, adv. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
dissident /ˈdɪsɪdənt/ adj
  1. disagreeing; dissenting
 n
  1. a person who disagrees, esp one who disagrees with the government
Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin dissidēre to be remote from, from dis-1 + sedēre to sitˈdissidence n ˈdissidently adv
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