Definitions for dissident

dissident dis·si·dent

Spelling: [dis-i-duh nt]
IPA: /ˈdɪs ɪ dənt/

Dissident is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 208 anagrams from letters in dissident (ddeiinsst).

Definitions for dissident

noun

  1. a person who dissents.

adjective

  1. disagreeing or dissenting, as in opinion or attitude:

Origin of dissident

1525-35; Latin dissident- (stem of dissidēns, present participle of dissidēre to sit apart), equivalent to dis- dis-1 + -sid- (combining form of sed-

Examples for dissident

Rights activists like Boledi, the Iranian Baluch dissident living in Sweden, harbor some of the same concerns.

dissident filmmakers are routinely thrown in jail, forced to flee the country, or banned from work.

Anti-clericalism works for the benefit of the dissident sect.

Beijing's embassy in Washington could be in front of "Liu Xiaobo Plaza," an imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize-winning dissident.

And after tonight, I wasn't sure that I was in any better shape than a Chinese dissident.

His head answers for his discretion; he is a dissident priest.

About three in the morning, the dissident Armed-Forces have met.

But his account of a dissident plot involving Gambian expats using U.S. weapons is similar to what Faal told the FBI.

It was established by the dissident Jews who united with the Platonists.

“He literally went underground to hold services,” Moscow-based dissident and journalist Victor Davidoff said in an email.

Word Value for dissident
Scrable

11

Words with friends

12

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