English

Noun

deviationist ‎(plural deviationists)

1. One who deviates from accepted beliefs or policies, especially from a prescribed form of Communism.
   • 2007 June 13, William Grimes, “Surviving Under Mao: A Slacker’s Guide”, in New York Times:

     Theirs was the confession, and Mr. Kang turned them out by the dozen throughout his life, expiating one supposed crime after another by denouncing himself as a reactionary element, a deviationist and whatever else was on the political menu that day.

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