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单词 dissident
释义 dis·si·dent
I. \-ənt, -ənt\ adjective
Etymology: Latin dissident-, dissidens, present participle of dissidēre to sit apart, disagree, from dis- apart + -sidēre (from sedēre to sit) — more at dis-, sit
1.
 a. : not agreeing : dissenting : not concurring
  < psychological theory, like economic theory, is in the hands of several dissident schools — J.S.Gambs >
 especially : differing often contentiously with an established political or religious system or belief of a country or people
  < dissident elements within the Thai navy attempted to overthrow Pibul's regime — Current Biography >
  < the aristocrats and dissident politicians demanded that the army demagogue be removed — D.M.Friedenberg >
 b. : quarrelsome, contentious
  < what a united, aggressive minority can do to a dissident, lethargic majority — Time >
2. : clashingly unharmonious
 < an aesthetic jungle of dissident, competing buildings — Lewis Mumford >
dis·si·dent·ly \-əntlē, -li\ adverb
II. noun
(-s)
: one that is dissident
 < the Labor government … had been forced by a number of Labor dissidents to announce a reduction in the period of national service — Woodrow Wyatt >
 < had two dissidents burned alive in 1575 — George Willison >
 < protect the constitutional rights of pacifists and other wartime dissidents — Dwight MacDonald >
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