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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)
Familiarity information: DEVIATIONIST used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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