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Definition of dissident : 1. No agreeing; dissenting; discordant; different.
2. One who disagrees or dissents; one who separates from the established religion.

Synonyms:

objector, heretic, dissenter, contestant, coalition, maverick, campaigner, dissentient, belt bomber, freedom fighter, sectary, independent, religion, negative, anarchist, protester, schismatic, heterodox, separationist, nationalist, front, the faithful, rebel, nonconformist, agitator, liberal, bipartisan, out-there, separatist, activist, demonstrator, ministerial, conscientious objector, apolitical, counterrevolutionary, sectarian, nonorthodox

conflicting, feuding, rowing, loath, tense, colliding, cacophonous, dissenting, rioting, antagonistic, squabbling, differing, dissonant, contentious, bickering, harsh, clamoring, raucous, disharmonious, clashing, discordant, warring, brawling, antipathetic, hostile

cheerless, disgruntled, discontent, irreconcilable, cross, anxious, exasperated, wretched, irritated, frustrated, malcontent, ungratified, discomposed, fed up, despondent, displeased, teed off, gloomy, sour, disapproving, non-satisfied, anguished, joyless, restless, uncomfortable, unhappy, uneasy, bored, miserable, ticked off, disquieted, dissatisfied

iconoclastic, unconventional, unorthodox, radical, heretical

protesting, controversial, quarrelsome, resistant, contrary, oppositional, confrontational, argumentive

Usage examples:

• My personal concern in all this enthusiasm- the enthusiasm of the fashionable market- place- is that I once more find myself a dissident, and a dissident in a very small minority. - "Modern Painting", George Moore.
• A coalition between the Tories and certain dissident Liberals had turned out Lord Parham's government in the course of a stormy autumn session, some eight months before. - "The Marriage of William Ashe", Mrs. Humphry Ward.
• Far be it from me to argue this point with any dissident. - "Prisoner for Blasphemy", G. W. [George William] Foote.