Dissident vs Opposition - What's the difference?
dissident | opposition |
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.
The action of opposing or of being in conflict.
An opposite or contrasting position.
An opponent in some form of competition.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-10, volume=408, issue=8848, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= (astronomy) The apparent relative position of two celestial bodies when one is at an angle of 180 degrees from the other as seen from the Earth.
(senseid)(politics) A political party or movement opposed to the party or government in power.
(legal) In United States intellectual property law, a proceeding in which an interested party seeks to prevent the registration of a trademark or patent.
(chess) A position in which the player on the move must yield with his king allowing his opponent to advance with his own king.
As nouns the difference between dissident and opposition
is that dissident is dissident while opposition is the opposition, political opposition; opposition party.dissident
English
Adjective
(-)- Our life and manners be dissident from theirs.
Noun
(en noun)opposition
English
Noun
(en noun)Can China clean up fast enough?, passage=That worries the government, which fears that environmental activism could become the foundation for more general political opposition .}}