Noun: dissident di-si-dunt
- A person who dissents from some established policy
"The dissident voiced opposition to the new company rules";
- dissenter, protester, objector, contestant, protestor
- Disagreeing, especially with a majority
"The dissident judge wrote a separate opinion";
- dissentient, dissenting
- Characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards
"His dissident views on evolution caused controversy in the scientific community";
- heretical, heterodox
Derived forms: dissidents
See also: negative, unorthodox
Encyclopedia: Dissident