malcontent

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  1. adjective Dissatisfied with existing conditions.
  2. noun A chronically dissatisfied person.
  3. noun One who rebels against the established system: "immature malcontents who have long since sold out to conformity” (John M. Wilson).

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  1. Formerly also malecontent; from French malcontent (= Spanish malcontento), dissatisfied; as mal- + content.
 

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/ˈmælkəntɛnt/
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