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DEVIATIONIST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does deviationist mean? 

DEVIATIONIST (noun)
  The noun DEVIATIONIST has 1 sense:

1. an ideological defector from the party line (especially from orthodox communism)play

  Familiarity information: DEVIATIONIST used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DEVIATIONIST (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An ideological defector from the party line (especially from orthodox communism)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("deviationist" is a kind of...):

defector; deserter (a person who abandons their duty (as on a military post))

Derivation:

deviationism (ideological defection from the party line (especially from orthodox communism))


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