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Dictionary: dis·si·dent   (dĭs'ĭ-dənt) pronunciation
 
adj.

Disagreeing, as in opinion or belief.

n.

One who disagrees; a dissenter.

[Latin dissidēns, dissident-, present participle of dissidēre, to disagree : dis-, apart; see dis– + sedēre, to sit.]


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noun

    A person who dissents from the doctrine of an established church: dissenter, heretic, nonconformist, schismatic, sectarian, sectary, separationist, separatist. See religion.

 
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adj

Definition: disagreeing, differing
Antonyms: agreeing, conforming

n

Definition: nonbeliever
Antonyms: conformist, yes-man


 
Politics: dissidents
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Persons who refuse to conform to prevailing political and social values.

 
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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: Disagreeing with an opinion or a group.

pronunciation The dissident voiced his objection to the crowd.

 
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Andrei Sakharov, an anti-communist dissident in the Soviet Union, who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1975.

A dissident, broadly defined, is a person who actively challenges an established doctrine, policy, or institution. When individual dissidents unite in a common cause they may become known as a dissident movement.

The noun was first used in the political sense in 1940, with rise of totalitarian systems, in particular to the Soviet Union.[1][2]

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Soviet dissidents

The term dissident was used in the Soviet Union during the period of 1965–1985, including Brezhnev stagnation, for citizens who overtly (or sometimes even subtly) criticized the practices or the authority of the Communist party. The people who used to write and distribute non-censored non-conformist samizdat literature were criticized in the official newspapers without any of his works being published. Then, many people accepted the term dissident with respect to themselves.[3] This radically changed the meaning of the term: instead of meaning a criminal, who opposes society, the term came to mean a non-conformist, who insists on the enforcement of officially published laws, including the international agreements, signed by the Soviet government.[4][5][6] An important part of the activity of dissidents was informing society (both inside the Soviet Union and in foreign countries) about violation of laws and human rights: see Chronicle of Current Events (samizdat) and Moscow Helsinki Group.

Cuba

According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, Cuba is the world's second biggest prison for journalists.[7] Héctor Maseda Gutiérrez, a jailed journalist, received the International Press Freedom Award in 2008.[8]

Republican dissidents in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland

The term "dissidents" has become the primary term to describe Irish republicans who politically continue to oppose Good Friday Agreement of 1998 and reject the outcome of the referenda on it.

Unlike Sinn Féin, they oppose the Northern Ireland Executive.

The political expression of Irish republican dissidents are Republican Sinn Féin, the 32 County Sovereignty Movement and the Irish Republican Socialist Party.

In addition to these political parties and groups, there are also a number of dissident Irish republican paramilitary groups which espouse violent methods to achieve a United Ireland.

These groups are: the Continuity IRA (founded in 1986) and the Real IRA (founded in 1997) and Óglaigh na hÉireann (a CIRA splinter that emerged in 2006). Another group, the Irish National Liberation Army is currently on ceasefire.[9]

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Translations: Dissident
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - anderledes tænkende, systemkritiker
adj. - med afvigende mening, mod systemet

Nederlands (Dutch)
dissident, andersdenkend(e)

Français (French)
n. - dissident
adj. - dissident

Deutsch (German)
n. - Dissident, Andersdenkender, Regimekritiker
adj. - anders denkend, regimekritisch, dissident

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - διιστάμενος, σχισματικός, (μτφ.) αντικαθεστωτικός

Italiano (Italian)
dissidente

Português (Portuguese)
n. - dissidente (m)

Русский (Russian)
диссидент

Español (Spanish)
n. - disidente
adj. - disidente

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - oliktänkande person

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
意见不同的人, 持不同政见者, 不赞成者, 意见不同的, 持不同政见的, 不赞成的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 意見不同的人, 持不同政見者, 不贊成者
adj. - 意見不同的, 持不同政見的, 不贊成的

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 동의하지 않는 사람
adj. - 동의하지 않는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 意見の違う, 反体制の
n. - 意見の違う人, 反体制派の人

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) الشخص المنشق عن سياسه أو رأي رسمي, الشخص المعارض بشدة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮פורש‬
adj. - ‮מתנגד, פורש, חולק‬


 
 
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