What is another word for schismatic?

Pronunciation: [skɪsmˈatɪk] (IPA)

Schismatic simply means a person who violates the unity of a religious group or an organization. Some synonyms that can be used in place of the word "schismatic" include dissident, separatist, nonconformist, dissenter, and rebel. These words describe individuals who do not agree with the commonly held beliefs or practices of a group and choose to separate themselves from the mainstream or official views. Other synonyms that convey the idea of separation and deviation from established norms include heretic, apostate, sectary, seceder, and outlier. Whether used in religious contexts or in organizations and institutions, these words capture the essence of the quality of being schismatic.

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Usage examples for Schismatic

49, 59; set aside, 76; adopted in Scotland, 118; retained in Essex, 144; restored, 158; declared schismatic by the Pope, 214; bill for its reform, 292; restored again, vi.
"History of the English People, Index"
John Richard Green
As we have seen, the two schismatic enterprises affected the sensitive nature of the true Centre of the Covenant most painfully; one thinks of a well-known passage in a Hebrew psalm.
"The Reconciliation of Races and Religions"
Thomas Kelly Cheyne
There was genius as well as statesmanship in the idea of combining a personal claim to the throne held by Harold the usurper with a crusading summons against the schismatic and heretical English, who refused obedience to the true successor of St. Peter.
"Hero-Myths & Legends of the British Race"
Maud Isabel Ebbutt

Famous quotes with Schismatic

  • Scaffolds, dungeons, jails flourish only in the shadow of a faith—of that need to believe which has infested the mind forever. The devil pales beside the man who owns a truth, his truth. We are unfair to a Nero, a Tiberius: it was not they who invented the concept heretic: they were only degenerate dreamers who happened to be entertained by massacres. The real criminals are men who establish an orthodoxy on the religious or political level, men who distinguish between the faithful and the schismatic.
    Emil Cioran

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