dissident
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɪsɪdənt/
Forms: form: more dissident
form: most dissident
Etymology: From Latin dissidēns, present participle of dissideō (“to sit apart; to disagree”), from dis- (“asunder, apart, in two”) + sedeō (“to sit”).
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: dissonant
text: Verilye yf all thynges that euel and vitiouſs maners haue caused to ſeme inconueniente and noughte ſhould be refuſed, as thinges vnmete and reprochefull, then we muſt among Chriſten people wynke at the moſte parte of al thoſe thinges, whych Chriſt taught vs, and ſo ſtreitly forbad them to be winked at, yat thoſe thinges alſo whiche he whiſpered in ye eares of his diſciples he commaunded to be proclaimed in open houſes. And yet ye moſt parte of them is more diſſident from the maners of the worlde nowe a dayes, then my communication was.
ref: 1556, Thomas More; Ralph Robinson, transl., “The First Book of the Communication of Raphael Hythloday Concerning the Best State of a Commonwealth”, in A Frutefull Pleasaunt, [and] Wittie Worke, of the Beste State of a Publique Weale, and of the Newe Yle, Called Vtopia: Written in Latine, by the Right Worthie and Famous Syr Thomas More Knyght, and Translated into Englishe by Raphe Robynson, sometime Fellowe of Corpus Christi College in Oxford, and Nowe by Him at this Seconde Edition Newlie Perused and Corrected, and also with Diuers Notes in the Margent Augmented, 2nd English language edition, London: Imprinted at London: By [Richard Tottel for] Abraham Vele, dwellinge in Pauls churcheyarde at the signe of the Lambe, OCLC 606520297; reprinted as Edward Arber, editor, Utopia. Originally Printed in Latin, 1516. Translated into English by Ralph Robinson, Sometime Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford. His Second and Revised Edition, 1556: Preceded by the Title and Epistle of His First Edition, 1551, London: Alex, Murray & Son, 30, Queen Square, W.C., 1 March 1869, OCLC 650389358, pages 65–66
text: 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.
ref: 1877 May 25, Journal of the Royal Society of Arts, volume 25, London: Royal Society of Arts, →OCLC, page 670:
text: In this chapter we look at the question of convergence in corporate governance by evaluating dissident proxy proposals in Canada. […] Dissident proxy initiatives are a direct challenge to corporate management and the board. They contain assertions of filers' views of what constitutes legitimate modes of conduct for the corporation, and can be seen as legitimacy contests between filers and corporate management (Bates and Hennessy, 2010). Dissident, or unsolicited, proposals are published along with those management is required to file annually, […]
ref: 2012, Kimberley A. Bates, Dean A. Hennessy, “Does Convergence in Regulation Lead to Convergence in Practice? The Case of Dissident Proxy Contests in Canada”, in Abdul [A.] Rasheed, Toru Yoshikawa, editors, The Convergence of Corporate Governance: Promise and Prospects, Houndmills, Basingstoke; New York, N.Y.: Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBN:
text: 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.
ref: 2021 November 30, Jennifer Hansler, “US removes Colombia’s FARC from terrorism blacklist”, in CNN:
glosses: In a manner that disagrees; dissenting; discordant.
examples: text: 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.
ref: 1998 October 12, Human Rights Watch Staff, Human Rights Watch World Report 1999, Human Rights Watch, →ISBN, page 304:
text: 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.
ref: 2011 July 15, Max Taylor, P.M. Currie, Dissident Irish Republicanism, Bloomsbury Publishing USA, →ISBN, page 102:
text: The post-conflict era in Northern Ireland has been characterized by fluctuating levels of support for dissident republicanism and their “prolonged campaign”
ref: 2022 April 28, Innocent Chiluwa, Discourse, Media, and Conflict: Examining War and Resolution in the News, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 189:
glosses: Continuing violent actions despite a ceasefire (especially the Good Friday Agreement).