as in followers
one who follows the opinions or teachings of another
the Flat Earth Society surely doesn't have many adherents
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Recent Examples of adherents
After the Great Black Migration in the 1920s, our city was one of the centers of the Ku Klux Klan’s revival as the strongest populist movement of the decade, claiming 5 million adherents, with 50,000 in Chicago alone.
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Jackson Potter, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
To adherents, Nakamoto is considered a hero who empowered individuals to take back control of money.
—Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 28 Aug. 2025
The Black Death and its aftermath saw a great resurgence of apocalyptic flagellation, with thousands of adherents flogging themselves up and down the Continent (the movement failed to take off in England, which figures).
—Michael Robbins, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
But, in contrast to some adherents who seemed to be channelling nostalgia for a bygone era, her relationship to the style was complicated—part satire, part reckoning with her evangelical upbringing.
—Holden Seidlitz, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2025
Jackson Potter, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
To adherents, Nakamoto is considered a hero who empowered individuals to take back control of money.
—Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 28 Aug. 2025
The Black Death and its aftermath saw a great resurgence of apocalyptic flagellation, with thousands of adherents flogging themselves up and down the Continent (the movement failed to take off in England, which figures).
—Michael Robbins, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
But, in contrast to some adherents who seemed to be channelling nostalgia for a bygone era, her relationship to the style was complicated—part satire, part reckoning with her evangelical upbringing.
—Holden Seidlitz, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for adherents
Noun
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Employers increasingly wonder whether campuses are cultivating independent thinkers or just cautious followers.—
Sarah Hernholm,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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His family was denied access to his body for days after his death, fueling suspicions of foul play among followers.—
Anna Chernova,
CNN Money,
17 Sep. 2025
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Domènec Sugrañes, one of Gaudí’s disciples, was named the site’s next architect.—
D. T. Max,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
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Illustration by Newsweek Olivet University sits at the center of the legal troubles that have dogged Jang's disciples for the past decade.—
Alex J. Rouhandeh,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Adherents.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adherents. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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