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dissident

adj
/ˈdɪsɪdənt/US

Etymology

From Latin dissidēns, present participle of dissideō (“to sit apart; to disagree”), from dis- (“asunder, apart, in two”) + sedeō (“to sit”).

  1. derived from dissidēns

Definitions

  1. In a manner that disagrees

    In a manner that disagrees; dissenting; discordant.

    • Near-synonym: dissonant
    • On flattening either the higher or lower reed separately, by partially pushing in either one of the pulls, dissident beats instantly arose, which would be made to disappear by partially pushing in the other reed.

  2. Continuing violent actions despite a ceasefire (especially the Good Friday Agreement).

    • This tragic event, coupled with a police operation on the Drumcree site July 15-17, 1998 - which revealed a small cache of explosives and arms and resulted in arrests of dissident loyalists effectively ended the standoff.
    • Of the 'dissident' groups which have emerged, the most important has been the RIRA [Real IRA]. While vulnerable to splits, it has contained the deadliest capacity.
    • The post-conflict era in Northern Ireland has been characterized by fluctuating levels of support for dissident republicanism and their “prolonged campaign”

  3. A person who formally opposes the current political structure, the political group in…

    A person who formally opposes the current political structure, the political group in power, the policies of the political group in power, or current laws.

    • I once more find myself a dissident, and a dissident in a very small minority.
    • It is largely the story of a man who fell from being a potential leader of the Soviet Communist Party in the early 1960s to being an outcast by the mid-1970s – a dissident in the eyes of officialdom, a "half-dissident" in his own eyes.
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. A member of a paramilitary that has continued actions after the Good Friday Agreement or…

      A member of a paramilitary that has continued actions after the Good Friday Agreement or other ceasefire.

    2. One who disagrees or dissents

      One who disagrees or dissents; one who separates from the established religion.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at dissident. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at dissident. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at dissident

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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