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Dissident vs Sedition - What's the difference?

dissident | sedition |

As nouns the difference between dissident and sedition

is that dissident is dissident while sedition is sedition (insurrection or rebellion).

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.
  • sedition

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • organized incitement of rebellion or civil disorder against authority or the state, usually by speech or writing.
  • insurrection or rebellion
  • See also

    * mutiny

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