dissident

Meanings

Adjective

• In a manner that disagrees; dissenting; discordant.

Noun

• A person who formally opposes the current political structure, the political group in power, the policies of the political group in power, or current laws.
• One who disagrees or dissents; one who separates from the established religion.

Origin

• From Latin dissidēns, dissidentis, present participle of dissidēre, from dis- + sedēre.