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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Noun
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Such torrential downpours, from loyalists and dissenters alike, often follow the deaths of notorious and long-ruling dictators—Joseph Stalin, Mao Zedong, Saddam Hussein.—
Gal Beckerman,
The Atlantic,
3 Mar. 2026 -
One of those dissenters was the linguist Mark Liberman, who lambasted the word numerous times over the years in his blog Language Log.—
Harmeet Kaur,
CNN Money,
25 Feb. 2026
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The Eisenhower administration wanted Trujillo removed but ultimately a group of Dominican dissidents gunned him down.—
Ryan Lucas,
NPR,
17 Mar. 2026
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As Fisk's anti-vigilante task force abducts dissidents off the street, locking them away in an undisclosed warehouse full of cages, Daredevil (Charlie Cox) becomes a symbol of rebellion for those willing to fight back.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
16 Mar. 2026
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“Heresiarchs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heresiarchs. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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