adj. Disagreeing, as in opinion or belief. n. One who disagrees; a dissenter. [Latin dissidēns, dissident-, present participle of dissidēre, to disagree : dis-, apart; see DIS- + sedēre, to sit; see sed- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2022 by HarperCollins Publishers. All rights reserved.