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Noun: deviationism  ,dee-vee'ey-shu,ni-zum
  1. Ideological defection from the party line (especially from orthodox communism)
    "He was accused of deviationism for questioning the party's economic policies"

Derived forms: deviationisms

Type of: abandonment, defection, desertion

Encyclopedia: Deviationism