19
apostate(noun, adjective, opponent, nonconformist, insurgent)
14
dissenter(noun, religion, original, dissent, radical)
11
dissident(noun, religion, person, original, radical)
11
nonconformist(noun, religion, person, dissent, rebel)
11
misbeliever(noun, original, radical, liberal, rebel)
9
schismatic(noun, adjective, religion, dissent, rebel)
9
sectarian(noun, adjective, religion, person, sectarian)
9
infidel(noun, adjective, unbeliever, nonbeliever)
8
heathen(noun, adjective, sectarian, heterodoxy, unbeliever)
8
pagan(noun, adjective, person, sectarian, heterodoxy)
8
rebel(noun, person, original, radical, liberal)
7
unbeliever(noun, verb, radical, revolutionary, nonconformist)
7
sectary(noun, religion, original, dissent, radical)
5
separatist(noun, religion, original, dissent, liberal)
4
renegade(noun, person, resistance, rebel, recreant)
4
sceptic(noun, adjective, radical, revolutionary, detractor)
4
skeptic(noun, person, incredulity, unbelieving, unbeliever)
4
heterodox(adjective, sectarian, incredulity)
4
recusant(noun, dissent)
4
disbeliever(noun, unbeliever)
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