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Noun: deviationist  ,dee-vee'ey-shu-nist
  1. An ideological defector from the party line (especially from orthodox communism)
    "The deviationist was expelled from the party for questioning its core principles"

Derived forms: deviationists

Type of: defector, deserter

Encyclopedia: Deviationist