Zealot vs Dissident - What's the difference?
zealot | dissident |
One who is zealous, one who is full of zeal for his own specific beliefs or objectives, usually in the negative sense of being too passionate; a fanatic
(historical) A member of a radical, warlike, ardently patriotic group of Jews in Judea, particularly prominent in the first century, who advocated the violent overthrow of Roman rule and vigorously resisted the efforts of the Romans and their supporters to convert the Jews.
(historical) A member of an anti-aristocratic political group in Thessalonica from 1342 until 1350.
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 nouns the difference between zealot and dissident
is that zealot is one who is zealous, one who is full of zeal for his own specific beliefs or objectives, usually in the negative sense of being too passionate; a fanatic while dissident is dissident.zealot
English
(wikipedia zealot)Noun
(en noun)Quotations
* 1733': For modes of faith, let graceless '''zealots fight; / His can't be wrong whose life is in the right — Alexander Pope, ''Essay on Man, Epistle III * 1892': Yet Brahmans rule Benares still, / Buddh-Gaya's ruins pit the hill, / And beef-fed '''zealots threaten ill / To Buddha and Kamakura. — Rudyard Kipling, ''Buddha at KamakuraSynonyms
* enthusiast * fanaticAnagrams
*dissident
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Adjective
(-)- Our life and manners be dissident from theirs.