Maverick vs Dissident - What's the difference?
maverick | dissident |
Showing independence in thoughts or actions.
An unbranded range animal.
* Around 1900 , O Henry,
One who does not abide by rules.
One who creates or uses unconventional and/or controversial ideas or practices.
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* Weisenberg, Michael (2000) 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.
As adjectives the difference between maverick and dissident
is that maverick is showing independence in thoughts or actions while dissident is in a manner that disagrees; dissenting; discordant; different.As nouns the difference between maverick and dissident
is that maverick is an unbranded range animal while 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.maverick
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- He made a maverick decision.
- He is a maverick person.
Noun
(en noun)- Long Bill was a graduate of the camp and trail. Luck and thrift, a cool head, and a telescopic eye for mavericks had raised him from cowboy to be a cowman.
- Florence Nightingale would have been perceived as a maverick during her early career, because she was prioritizing hygiene when everybody else involved in healthcare was focused on other things, such as surgery and pills.'' (Source: Edzard Ernst and Simon Singh, ''Trick or Treatment , 2008, p. 36-37.)
Synonyms
* (one who does not abide by rules) individualist, lone gunman, nonconformist, rebelSee also
*References
The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ISBN 978-1880069523 English eponyms
dissident
English
Adjective
(-)- Our life and manners be dissident from theirs.