Schismatic

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Schismatic \Schis*mat"ic\ (?; 277), n.
     One who creates or takes part in schism; one who separates
     from an established church or religious communion on account
     of a difference of opinion. "They were popularly classed
     together as canting schismatics." --Macaulay.
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     Syn: Heretic; partisan. See {Heretic}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Schismatic \Schis*mat"ic\ (s[i^]z*m[a^]t"[i^]k; so nearly all
     orthoepists), a. [L. schismaticus, Gr. ?: cf. F.
     schismatique.]
     Of or pertaining to schism; implying schism; partaking of the
     nature of schism; tending to schism; as, schismatic opinions
     or proposals.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  schismatic
       adj : of or relating to or involved in or characteristic of
             schism; "schismatic sects" [syn: {schismatical}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  56 Moby Thesaurus words for "schismatic":
     Young Turk, apostate, backslider, bolter, breakaway,
     collaborationist, collaborator, convert, defector, demurrer,
     denominationalist, deserter, dissenter, dissentient, dissident,
     divisive, factionist, fifth columnist, heretical, heterodox,
     misbeliever, mugwump, nonconformist, objector, opinionist,
     opposition voice, proselyte, protestant, protester, quisling,
     radical, rebellious, recidivist, recreant, recusant, renegade,
     renegado, renegate, reversionist, runagate, schismatical, seceder,
     secessionist, sectarian, sectary, separatist, skeptic,
     strikebreaker, tergiversant, tergiversator, traitor, turnabout,
     turncoat, turntail, unconventional, unorthodox