dissident

adjectivecommon noun

from Latin dissidens, present participle of dissidere ('to be in opposition'), composed of dis- and sedere ('to sit'), which means, in a way, 'to practice the politics of the empty chair', to use a modern expression.

Definitions

histoire
histoire

Plural

dissidents

Hyponym

Anagram

distendis

Translations

  • englishenglish:dissident
  • spanishspanish:disidente
  • finnishfinnish:toisinajattelija
  • dutchdutch:dissident
  • polishpolish:dysydent

See also

dissident (adj.) dissentérisme (cn.)