Topic: GROUPINGS
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| Date: | 1500-1600 |
| Language: | Latin |
| Origin: | dissidere 'to sit apart, disagree', from sedere 'to sit' |
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dis‧si‧dent
[countable]
[countable]PPG someone who publicly criticizes the government in a country where this is punished : a political dissident
a political dissident —dissident adjective [only before noun] dissident writers
dissident writers —dissidence noun [uncountable]
