deviationist
adjective
relating to or embracing ideas, teachings, etc., that deviate from what is considered orthodox or normative.
deviationists
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pluralof deviationist.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Even though all projects are subject to precensorship, movies are rarely banned, and deviationists seldom punished.
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Sallal then took to the San'a radio to warn that the "traitors and deviationists" who had "led a campaign of doubt and suspicion between the U.A.R. and Yemen" would be brought to trial.
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For him, free expression died in 1959, when Gomulka's party men took over the Writers' Union and choked off the "deviationists" with threats and a "shortage" of newsprint.
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Purists insist that Swifties end with "Tom said"; deviationists permit "he" or "she" instead of "Tom," but the format is the same, with puns at a premium.
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The only people who seemed to have put destalinization to some advantage so far were some deviationists in Russia.
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