as in dissenters
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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This shift comes as his government intensifies its crackdown on dissidents and opposition leaders, instilling fear among those who might otherwise take to the streets.—
Antonio Maria Delgado,
Miami Herald,
24 Mar. 2025 -
But listening to the VOA introduced us to Soviet dissidents such as Andrei Sakharov, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, and others.—
Fred Weir,
The Christian Science Monitor,
21 Mar. 2025
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“Heresiarchs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heresiarchs. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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