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adherent

noun as in supporter or follower

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Abdulmohsen -- a critic of Islam and an adherent of far-right views and radical conspiracy theories -- faces life in prison if convicted.

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The politics and social views of modernism’s adherents aren’t always likable.

Eventually, many of Garrison’s adherents came to believe that slavery could only be defeated by force, and abandoned nonresistance.

The promise remains dazzling and deliciously diabolical enough for adherents to forget that deals with the devil always come with a hidden, inescapable price tag.

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While universities need to change, the Administration’s overreach is likely to gain more decliners than adherents.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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