different between dissident vs partisan

English

Etymology

From Latin dissid?ns, dissidentis, present participle of dissid?re (“to sit apart; to disagree”), from dis- (“asunder, apart, in two”) + sed?re (“to sit”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /?d?s?d?nt/
• Hyphenation: dis?si?dent

Adjective

dissident (comparative more dissident, superlative most dissident)

1. In a manner that disagrees; dissenting; discordant.
   • 1556, Thomas More; Ralph Robinson, transl., “The First Book of the Communication of Raphael Hythloday Concerning the Best State of a Commonwealth”, in A Frutefull Pleasaunt, [and] Wittie Worke, of the Beste State of a Publique Weale, and of the Newe Yle, Called Vtopia: Written in Latine, by the Right Worthie and Famous Syr Thomas More Knyght, and Translated into Englishe by Raphe Robynson, sometime Fellowe of Corpus Christi College in Oxford, and Nowe by Him at this Seconde Edition Newlie Perused and Corrected, and also with Diuers Notes in the Margent Augmented, 2nd English language edition, London: Imprinted at London: By [Richard Tottel for] Abraham Vele, dwellinge in Pauls churcheyarde at the signe of the Lambe, OCLC 606520297; reprinted as Edward Arber, editor, Utopia. Originally Printed in Latin, 1516. Translated into English by Ralph Robinson, Sometime Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford. His Second and Revised Edition, 1556: Preceded by the Title and Epistle of His First Edition, 1551, London: Alex, Murray & Son, 30, Queen Square, W.C., 1 March 1869, OCLC 650389358, pages 65–66:

     Verilye yf all thynges that euel and vitiou?s maners haue caused to ?eme inconueniente and noughte ?hould be refu?ed, as thinges vnmete and reprochefull, then we mu?t among Chri?ten people wynke at the mo?te parte of al tho?e thinges, whych Chri?t taught vs, and ?o ?treitly forbad them to be winked at, yat tho?e thinges al?o whiche he whi?pered in ye eares of his di?ciples he commaunded to be proclaimed in open hou?es. And yet ye mo?t parte of them is more di??ident from the maners of the worlde nowe a dayes, then my communication was.

Noun

dissident (plural dissidents)

1. A person who formally opposes the current political structure, the political group in power, the policies of the political group in power, or current laws.
2. (Christianity) One who disagrees or dissents; one who separates from the established religion.
   1. (Christianity, specifically, historical) Sometimes Dissident: in the kingdom of Poland, the name for Christians not part of the Roman Catholic Church.

Related terms

• dissenter

Translations

Further reading

• dissident on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin dissid?ns.

Adjective

dissident (masculine and feminine plural dissidents)

1. dissenting, dissident

Noun

dissident m or f (plural dissidents)

1. dissident

Related terms

• dissidència

Further reading

• “dissident” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “dissident” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “dissident” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “dissident” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French dissident, from Latin dissidens, present participle of dissidere (“to sit apart, to disagree”); dis- + sedere (“to sit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?.si?d?nt/
• Hyphenation: dis?si?dent
• Rhymes: -?nt

Noun

dissident m or f (plural dissidenten, diminutive dissidentje n)

1. dissident

   Synonym: andersdenkende

Related terms

• dissidentie

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dissid?ns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.si.d??/

Adjective

dissident (feminine singular dissidente, masculine plural dissidents, feminine plural dissidentes)

1. dissenting, dissident

Noun

dissident m (plural dissidents, feminine dissidente)

1. (religion) dissenter
2. dissident, someone who has dissenting opinion
3. dissident, an opponent to a political regime

Further reading

• “dissident” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

German

Etymology

From Latin dissidens.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?si?d?nt/
• Hyphenation: dis?si?dent

Adjective

dissident (comparative dissidenter, superlative am dissidentesten)

1. dissident

Declension

Further reading

• “dissident” in Duden online

Latin

Verb

dissident

1. third-person plural present active indicative of disside?

Occitan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dissid?ns.

Pronunciation

Noun

dissident m or f (plural dissidents)

1. dissident

English

Alternative forms

• partizan

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?p??.t??zæn/, /?p??.t??zæn/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?p??.??.z?n/, /?p??.??.z?n/, /-s?n/

Etymology 1

From French partisan, from Italian partigiano (“defender of a party”), from parte (“part”). Doublet of partigiano. Attested in English from the late 15th century in the noun sense of "party adherent", and in related adjective senses from the 16th century. The "guerilla fighter" sense influenced by Serbo-Croatian partizan, Russian ????????? (partizán), from the same source.The sense of "guerilla fighter" is from c. 1690.The adjective in the military sense dates from the early 18th century.(Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Noun

partisan (plural partisans)

1. An adherent to a party or faction.
   • 1992, Thomas R. Pegram, "Partisans and Progressives: Private Interest and Public Policy in Illinois

     "Strong partisans of neither party, Indiana farmers failed to act as a block […] "

2. A fervent, sometimes militant, supporter or proponent of a party, cause, faction, person, or idea.
3. A member of a band of detached light, irregular troops acting behind occupying enemy lines in the ways of harassment or sabotage; a guerrilla fighter.
4. (now rare) The commander of a body of detached light troops engaged in making forays and harassing an enemy.

Related terms

• copartisan
• part
• partisanism
• partisanry
• partisanship
• party

Translations

Adjective

partisan (comparative more partisan, superlative most partisan)

1. Serving as commander or member of a body of detached light troops.

2. Adherent to a party or faction; especially, having the character of blind, passionate, or unreasonable adherence to a party.
3. Devoted to or biased in support of a party, group, or cause.

Translations

Etymology 2

From French partizaine, from Middle French partizaine, partisanne etc., from Italian partigiana, related to Etymology 1 above (apparently because it was seen as a typical weapon of such forces).

Noun

partisan (plural partisans)

1. (historical) A long-handled spear with a triangular, double-edged blade having lateral projections, in some forms also used in boar hunting.

   • I had as lief have a reed that will do me no service as a partisan I could not heave.
2. (obsolete) A soldier armed with such a weapon.

Translations

See also

• halberd

References

Further reading

• Partisan in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Anagrams

• Partains, Sarpanit, aspirant, spartina

French

Etymology

From Italian partigiano.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa?.ti.z??/

Noun

partisan m (plural partisans, feminine partisane)

1. supporter, proponent, advocate
2. (sports) fan

Adjective

partisan (feminine singular partisane, masculine plural partisans, feminine plural partisanes)

1. partisan, partial
2. in favour of

Further reading

• “partisan” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• aspirant

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from French partisan.

Noun

partisan m (plural partisans)

1. (Jersey) supporter

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Italian partigiano, via French partisan

Noun

partisan m (definite singular partisanen, indefinite plural partisaner, definite plural partisanene)

1. a partisan (member of an armed group)

References

• “partisan” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Italian partigiano, via French partisan

Noun

partisan m (definite singular partisanen, indefinite plural partisanar, definite plural partisanane)

1. a partisan (member of an armed group)

References

• “partisan” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.