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    [Adjective]  | "dis*si*dent" | \ ˈdi-sə-dənt \


    1: disagreeing especially with an established religious or political system, organization, or belief


    Origin: 1769 ;

     Latin dissident-, dissidens, present participle of dissidēre to sit apart, disagree, from dis- + sedēre to sit ;

    [Noun]  | "dissidents" 


    1: a person who believes, teaches, or advocates something opposed to accepted beliefs;


      * e.g., " ... the conference drew political dissidents of every ilk "





    [Noun]  | "dissident" 


    1: a person who believes, teaches, or advocates something opposed to accepted beliefs;


      * e.g., " ... the conference drew political dissidents of every ilk "





    [Adjective]  | "dissident" 


    1: deviating from commonly accepted beliefs or practices;


      * e.g., " ... dissident elements within the Catholic Church "





     [ "dissident" ]

    1: Dissident republican (True Republican)

      * e.g.,  ... The provos have sold out, De Valera style..... At least the Continuity IRA (Dissidents) are still fighting for a united 32 county republic. 


     [ "dissident" ]

    2: One who is not going to sell-out


     [ "dissident" ]

    3: to the pro British GFA.

     [ "dissident" ]

    1: someone who often disagrees with you but who has your best interests at heart. Always rejects violence so cannot be called a terrorist or an anarchist. Generally dies young or never leaves the house (see house arrest).

      * e.g.,  ... I'm gonna diss that dissident. 


     [ "dissident" ]

    2: Syntactically - dissident (which is a noun) has no associated verb stem. You cannot 'dissid'. You can do nothing dissidently - there is no associated adjective. In fact the word exists alone as an island in a sea of semantics. Perhaps this is why the meaning of the word has persisted unchanged for such a long time.

     [ "cognitive dissident" ]

    1: A person for whom exposure to cognitive dissonance has resulted in rational conclusions contrary to the 'official' narrative of history and/or culture. If this dissonance becomes great enough, the person will be compelled to start producing new cognitive dissonance, becoming a cognitive dissident.

      * e.g.,  ... An activist who disseminates information aimed at changing peoples opinions regarding an immoral status-quo could be regarded as a cognitive dissident 

     [ "cognitive dissidence" ]

    1: It's basically when one reality collides with another reality and you don't have the ability to say I'll pick reality 'A' instead of reality 'B'. You have to figure out a way to coexist with the current reality and it usually produces some kind of dysfunction.

      * e.g.,  ... Cognitive dissidence is what happens to children when they're molested by a parent where their total source of security is also the source that betrays them. 

     [ "Dissid" ]

    1: An individual who takes pleasure in the simple things. One whole pulls ones tail with their mouth and loves terrorizing a HAWT chick on a daily basis. One who also enjoys the pleasures of life like disobeying rules.

      * e.g.,  ... “Omg look how disrespectful! Dissid” 

     [ "Dissid" ]

    1: An individual who takes pleasure in the simple things. One who pulls ones tail with their mouth and loves terrorizing a HAWT chick on a daily basis with no remorse. One who is a rule breaker with a spark for life and doesn't play by anyone’s rulez.

      * e.g.,  ... “Omg! How disrespectful! Dissid.” 

     [ "Dissid" ]

    1: An individual who takes pleasure in the simple things. One who pulls ones tail with their mouth and loves terrorizing a HAWT chick on a daily basis with no remorse. One who has a spark for life and doesn’t play by anyone’s rules.

      * e.g.,  ... “Omg how disrespectful! Dissid.” 

     [ "Dissid" ]

    1: An individual who takes pleasure in the simple things. One whole pulls ones tail with their mouth and loves terrorizing a HAWT chick on a daily basis. One who also enjoys the pleasures of life like disobeying rules.

      * e.g.,  ... “Omg look how disrespectful! Dissid” 

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