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Word entry · 9 letters

dissident

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"Regime critic"

9 letters · collected on this word page

9 lettersPronunciation /ˈdɪsɪdənt/Part of speech adjective, nounSorted ddeiinsstStarts with DEnds with T1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. disagreeing, especially with a majority

Word origin

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

Used in a sentence

  • 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.
  • The US State Department has removed the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, known by the acronym the FARC, from its terrorism blacklist, and listed two dissident groups led by former FARC militants.

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