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Apostate (Noun)

Meaning

A disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc..

Classification

Nouns denoting people.

Examples

  • The politician was branded an apostate by his former party members after he switched sides in the election.
  • Many of his former comrades viewed him as an apostate for abandoning the revolutionary cause.
  • The church excommunicated her as an apostate after she publicly denounced its teachings.
  • The whistleblower was labeled an apostate by his colleagues for revealing the company's corrupt practices.
  • The dictator's loyalists saw the general's decision to defect as an act of treachery, and he was labeled an apostate by the state-controlled media.

Synonyms

  • Ratter
  • Renegade
  • Deserter
  • Turncoat
  • Recreant

Hypernyms

  • Quitter

Related Words

  • Apostate (adjective)
  • Apostatise (verb)
  • Apostatize (verb)
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