heretic
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This was a genius-level insight that caused Thiel to be hounded out of San Francisco as a heretic.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025
And he doesn't necessarily hope to, he said, which "makes me a bit of a heretic."
From Salon • Aug. 14, 2024
I’m going to be a heretic, though, and say that you don’t need to read the whole thing.
From New York Times • Nov. 9, 2022
“To pose these questions doesn’t mean being an enemy or a heretic but a practical” person, Meloni said in a 70-minute speech.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 25, 2022
I sat there feeling myself a heretic, believing only in this one-shot life and the body.
From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
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The Suffix -ic, Part 1
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