10
fighter(noun, bad, temper, brave, bully)
10
heretic(noun, religion, person, original, radical)
10
sparkplug(noun, bad, temper, brave, bully)
9
frondeur(noun, bad, temper, brave, bully)
9
sectarian(noun, adjective, religion, person, exclusive)
8
contrary(adjective, antagonistic, opposite, contentious)
8
objector
8
revolutionary(noun, adjective, unusual, radical, reactionary)
8
sectary(noun, religion, person, original, radical)
8
separatist(noun, adjective, religion, person, original)
7
conflicting(adjective, negative, hostile, different, adverse)
7
troublemaker(noun, bad, temper, brave, radical)
6
antagonistic(adjective, conflicting, contentious)
6
contentious(adjective, conflicting, contentious)
6
hostile(adjective, negative, different, adverse, conflicting)
6
iconoclastic(adjective, original, radical, weird, disloyal)
6
nonconforming(adjective, negative, hostile, different, adverse)
6
radical(noun, adjective, original, liberal, beliefs)
5
antipathetic(adjective, negative, hostile, different, adverse)
5
contestant
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