as in dissenter
a person who believes, teaches, or advocates something opposed to accepted beliefs
his about-face on welfare reform has led him to be seen as a heresiarch among his party's faithful
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The issue of granting birthright citizenship to the children of undocumented immigrants also concerned the dissenters.
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The three full dissenters from the court's ruling all believed the decision was historic, and historically wrong.
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Karen Rider says the reverend is considered a dissident by the government in Uganda.
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That’s just part of what Chinese dissident Dong Guangping endured to escape his native country.
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There are Sixties rock bands like the Sonics and the Small Faces, and pioneering hippie renegades like Love or the Thirteenth Floor Elevators.
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The president can call out the army against seceding states and their renegade congresspeople.
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“Heresiarch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heresiarch. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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