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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extremist |
| Synonyms: | agitator, die-hard, fanatic, radical, revolutionary, ultra, ultraist, zealot |
| Main Entry: | extremist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person zealous about a belief |
| Synonyms: | agitator, die-hard, fanatic, radical, revolutionary, revolutionist, ultra, ultraist, zealot |
| Antonyms: | conservative, moderate |
| Main Entry: | firebrand |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | agitator |
| Synonyms: | demonstrator, guerrilla, instigator, malcontent, protester, rabble-rouser, rebel, revolutionist, troublemaker |
| Main Entry: | iconoclast |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | detractor |
| Synonyms: | critic, cynic, denouncer, dissenter, dissident, heretic, image-breaker, non-conformist, nonbeliever, questioner, radical, rebel, revolutionist, ruiner, sceptic, unbeliever |
| Main Entry: | insurgent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rebel |
| Synonyms: | agitator, anarch, anarchist, demonstrator, frondeur, insurrectionist, malcontent, mutineer, radical, resister, revolter, revolutionary, revolutionist, rioter |
| Main Entry: | rebel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who does not obey |
| Synonyms: | agitator, anarchist, antagonist, apostate, demagogue, deserter, disectarian, dissenter, experientialist, experimenter, frondeur, guerrilla, heretic, iconoclast, independent, individualist, innovator, insurgent, insurrectionary, malcontent, mutineer, nihilist, nonconformist, opponent, overthrower, recreant, renegade, resistance, revolter, revolutionary, revolutionist, rioter, schismatic, secessionist, seditionist, separatist, subverter, traitor, turncoat |
| Notes: | to revolt is to refuse to obey the constraints imposed by another; to rebel is to attempt to replace those constraints by a set of one's own |
| Main Entry: | protester |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | demonstrator |
| Synonyms: | agitator, dissident, heckler, militant, radical, rebel, revolutionist |
| Main Entry: | insurrectionary |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rebel |
| Synonyms: | agitator, anarchist, antagonist, apostate, demagogue, deserter, disectarian, dissenter, experientialist, experimenter, frondeur, guerrilla, heretic, iconoclast, independent, individualist, innovator, insurgent, insurrectionist, malcontent, mutineer, nihilist, nonconformist, opponent, overthrower, recreant, renegade, resistance, revolter, revolutionary, revolutionist, rioter, schismatic, secessionist, seditionist, separatist, subverter, traitor, turncoat |
| Main Entry: | insurrectionist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rebel |
| Synonyms: | agitator, anarchist, antagonist, apostate, demagogue, deserter, disectarian, dissenter, experientialist, experimenter, frondeur, guerrilla, heretic, iconoclast, independent, individualist, innovator, insurgent, insurrectionary, malcontent, mutineer, nihilist, nonconformist, opponent, overthrower, recreant, renegade, resistance, revolter, revolutionary, revolutionist, rioter, schismatic, secessionist, seditionist, separatist, subverter, traitor, turncoat |
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