apostate
/ə'pɔstəsi/
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Definition
Noun:
- A person who renounces a religious or political belief or principle: An apostate is someone who has abandoned a faith, cause, or allegiance to which they were previously committed.
- A person who deserts a party, group, or set of principles: This term strongly implies a betrayal of a former loyalty.
Adjective:
- Characterized by abandonment of a former loyalty, faith, or principle: Describes a person or action that constitutes such a renunciation or desertion.
Usage Examples
Noun:
- He was labeled an apostate by his former church after he publicly rejected its doctrines.
- Political apostates were often shunned by their old comrades.
Adjective:
- She wrote an apostate manifesto criticizing the party she once led.
- His apostate views made him a controversial figure among his peers.
Advanced Usage
- "To turn apostate": This phrase describes the act of becoming an apostate.
- After years of devotion, he turned apostate and denounced the movement.
Variants and Related Words
- Apostasy (n): The act of renouncing or abandoning a faith, principle, or party. This is the state or action associated with being an apostate.
- His apostasy shocked the entire community.
Synonyms
- Defector: A person who deserts a cause, nation, or organization.
- Renegade: A person who deserts and betrays an organization, country, or set of principles.
- Turncoat: A person who deserts one party or cause to join an opposing one.
- Traitor (in contexts of betrayal): A person who betrays a country, cause, or trust.
Antonyms
- Loyalist: A person who remains loyal to the established ruler or government.
- Devotee: A person who is very interested in and enthusiastic about someone or something; a follower.
- Adherent: Someone who supports a particular party, person, or set of ideas.
Adjective
- not faithful to religion or party or cause
Noun
- a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.