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
  • May my dissenters someday be willing to log off social media, cross the threshold, shake my hand, and sit down for an actual conversation.
    Julie Gonzales, Denver Post, 16 June 2025
  • Immigrants and dissenters must not be used as pawns in the game of politics.
    Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 June 2025
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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
  • 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 8 Jul. 2025.

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