Etymology

dissidence

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Today it means: The state of being dissident; dissent Full definition →

Latin dissideō
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromdissideō“disagree”
  2. English todaydissidence

From Latin dissideō (“disagree”, literally “sit apart”), from dis- + sedeō (“sit”).

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