Dissident vs Oppose - What's the difference?
dissident | oppose |
In a manner that disagrees; dissenting; discordant; different.
* Robynson (More's Utopia)
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.
To attempt to stop the progression of; to resist or antagonize by physical means, or by arguments, etc.; to contend against; to confront; to resist; to withstand.
To object to.
To present or set up in opposition; to pose.
* John Locke
* 1839 , Philip Meadows Taylor, Confessions of a Thug
To place in front of, or over against; to set opposite; to exhibit.
* Shakespeare
To compete with; to strive against.
* Shakespeare
As an adjective dissident
is in a manner that disagrees; dissenting; discordant; different.As a noun dissident
is 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.As a verb oppose is
to attempt to stop the progression of; to resist or antagonize by physical means, or by arguments, etc.; to contend against; to confront; to resist; to withstand.dissident
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Adjective
(-)- Our life and manners be dissident from theirs.
Noun
(en noun)oppose
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Verb
(oppos)- to oppose''' the king in battle; to '''oppose a bill in Congress
- There is still time to oppose this plan.
- Many religious leaders oppose cloning humans.
- They are opposed to any form of hierarchy.
- I may oppose my single opinion to his.
- [T]hree walls had been left standing, with large intervals between each; and they would certainly oppose a most formidable interruption to an invader.
- Her grace sat down / In a rich chair of state; opposing freely / The beauty of her person to the people.
- to oppose a rival for a prize
- I am too weak / To oppose your cunning.