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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Serious or not, secession — or independence, as some prefer to call it — has long been the dream of dissenters, of the discontented and those who feel put upon or politically unrepresented.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Apr. 2026 -
The Supreme Court has a lone dissenter, gas prices spike, and the World Cup is missing an icon.—
Melinda Yao,
NBC news,
4 Apr. 2026
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Shailin and her siblings come from a family of dissidents who have long hoped to see the government fall.—
Cora Engelbrecht,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2026
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Russian dissident Leonid Volkov reported receiving one of the phishing emails.—
Michael Kan,
PC Magazine,
30 Mar. 2026
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In an op-ed for Nikkei, a former lawmaker and one-time spokesperson for the previous Taiwanese president warned that the island — which China claims as a renegade province — was not doing enough to strengthen its energy independence and defense capabilities in the face of mainland pressure.—
Prashant Rao,
semafor.com,
6 Apr. 2026
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Not all marketing The renegade spirit isn't all clever marketing.—
Chloe Veltman,
NPR,
1 Apr. 2026
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“Heresiarch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heresiarch. Accessed 12 Apr. 2026.
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