hĕr'ĭ-tĭk
One who promotes or engages in schism.
cathar
A member of a Christian sect flourishing in western Europe in the 1100s and 1200s, whose dualistic belief, embracing asceticism and identifying the world as the creation of a satanic Demiurge, was condemned by the Church as heretical.
Someone who dissents (disagrees), especially from an established church
The definition of a nonconformist is a person who refuses to adhere to established social orders or to fulfill the expectations placed on him by custom or society.
The definition of a skeptic is someone inclined to doubt or question rather than just believe matters that are generally accepted.
Dissident is defined as someone who disagrees.
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A separatist.
One who secedes or advocates separation from a group, as from a nation or an established church.
Not in agreement with accepted beliefs, especially in church doctrine or dogma.
Breaking with convention or tradition; not orthodox.
heresiarch
The founder or head of a heresy or heretical sect
One who destroys sacred religious images.
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The definition of a miscreant is an evil person or a person who behaves badly, gets into trouble and breaks the law.
One who engages in armed resistance against the established government of one's country
A disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause, religion, political party, friend, etc.
One who lacks belief or faith, especially in a particular religion; a nonbeliever.
Someone who holds an unauthorised belief; a heretic, an unbeliever.
religious outcast
a person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the dogma of the Roman Catholic Church
deviationist
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ebionite
A member of the Ebionites, an early Jewish Christian sect that lived in and around Judea and Palestine from the 1st to the 4th century.
A Neopagan.
nestorius
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albigenses
manichaeans
A person whose outlook is scornfully and habitually negative.
The life or condition of a person in a religious order:
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