dissident
/ˈdɪsədənt/DIH-suh-duhnt
/ˈdɪsədənt/DIH-suh-duhnt
Meaningsitting apart
Common meaning: someone who opposes an official policy
- disapart, away; not
- sidto sit; to stayLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1658 · scan
- entadjective ending: being or doing
‘apart, away’ + ‘to sit’ → dissident
Journey through time
- Latindissidens‘sitting apart, disagreeing’source
- Englishdissident‘someone who opposes an official policy’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin sedeō ‘to sit’.
Roots
- sedeō, sēdī, sessum Latin “to sit; to stay”
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