different between dissident vs questionable

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

• quæstionable (archaic)

Etymology

question +? -able

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kw?st???n?bl?/
• Hyphenation: ques?tio?nable

Adjective

questionable (comparative more questionable, superlative most questionable)

1. Problematic; open to doubt or challenge.

   It is questionable if the universe is open or closed.

   • 1881, Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady, London: Macmillan, Volume I, Chapter 3, p. 28,^[1]

     A crude, cold rain was falling heavily; the spring-time presented itself as a questionable improvement.

2. Of dubious respectability or morality.

   Tiffiny’s behavior is highly questionable.

   • 1920, Carolyn Wells, Raspberry Jam, Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, Chapter 18, p. 302,^[2]

     […] he had a love of money—a sort of acquisitiveness, that led him into questionable dealings.

3. (obsolete) Inviting questions; inviting inquiry.
   • c. 1600, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act I, Scene 4,^[3]

     Thou com’st in such a questionable shape

     That I will speak to thee.

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