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- Latin · derived fromdissidēns
- English todaydissident
From Latin dissidēns, present participle of dissideō (“to sit apart; to disagree”), from dis- (“asunder, apart, in two”) + sedeō (“to sit”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: In a manner that disagrees; dissenting; discordant. Full definition →