| 单词 | dissident |
| 释义 | dissident (once / 2519 pages) nadj If you are a dissident, you are a person who is rebelling against a government. Dissidents can do their work peacefully or with violence. Dissident is closely related to the word, dissent, which means objecting. People who are dissidents show their dissent. Catholic priests who advocate allowing women into the priesthood could be called dissidents, as could the Puritans who left England to live in colonial America. As an adjective, a dissident member of a group is one who disagrees with the majority of members. WORD FAMILYdissident: dissidence, dissidents USAGE EXAMPLESIt is also very popular with Chinese dissidents based in the West. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) A last dissident group is currently under siege from Somali forces in the far north of Somalia, in semi-autonomous Puntland, and facing annihilation. The Guardian(Dec 29, 2016) Both sides were accused of committing war crimes, and Rajapaksa’s administration was accused of operating paramilitary groups to kill and abduct rebel suspects and dissidents. Seattle Times(Dec 23, 2016) 1n a person who dissents from some established policy Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper contestant, dissenter, objector, protester Alexander Isayevich Solzhenitsyn Soviet writer and political dissident whose novels exposed the brutality of Soviet labor camps (born in 1918) CO, conscientious objector one who refuses to serve in the armed forces on grounds of conscience nonconformist, recusantsomeone who refuses to conform to established standards of conduct political dissidenta dissenter from political orthodoxy NIMBYsomeone who objects to siting something in their own neighborhood but does not object to it being sited elsewhere; an acronym for not in my backyard beat, beatnika member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior bohemiana nonconformist writer or artist who lives an unconventional life enfant terriblea person whose unconventional behavior embarrasses others heretica person who holds unorthodox opinions in any field (not merely religion) maverick, rebelsomeone who exhibits great independence in thought and action individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul a human being 2adj characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards Syn heretical, heterodox unorthodox breaking with convention or tradition 3adj disagreeing, especially with a majority Syn dissentient, dissenting negative expressing or consisting of a negation or refusal or denial |
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