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Dissident vs Lawless - What's the difference?

dissident | lawless | Related terms |

Dissident is a related term of lawless.


As a noun dissident

is dissident.

As an adjective lawless is

not governed by any law.

dissident

English

Adjective

(-)
  • In a manner that disagrees; dissenting; discordant; different.
  • * Robynson (More's Utopia)
  • Our life and manners be dissident from theirs.

    Noun

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

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not governed by any law.
  • Prohibited by law; unlawful, illegal.
  • Not restrained by the law or by discipline; unruly, disorderly.
  • Derived terms

    * lawlessness