Associations to the word «Deviationist»

Wiktionary

DEVIATIONIST, noun. One who deviates from accepted beliefs or policies, especially from a prescribed form of Communism.

Dictionary definition

DEVIATIONIST, noun. An ideological defector from the party line (especially from orthodox communism).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats