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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Noun
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After a fiery feud with President Donald Trump, Elon Musk became estranged from the Republican Party, flipping from mega-donor to major dissenter.—
Brendan Rascius
July 9,
Miami Herald,
9 July 2025 -
Elections are tightly controlled, opposition is criminalized, political parties are banned, and dissenters—even peaceful ones are silenced.—
Roya Boroumand,
Time,
9 July 2025
Noun
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And, of course, my fantasy went right to some kind of renegade character along the lines of Saw Gerrera.—
Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
16 May 2025
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The director Doris Wishman was a renegade: a woman who made lurid exploitation films at a time when American underground cinema was a man’s playground.—
Erik Piepenburg,
New York Times,
2 June 2025
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“Heresiarch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heresiarch. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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