adherent
Other forms: adherents
Because an adherent is usually something or someone that sticks to something or someone else, it's logical that it can also mean a person who believes in and supports a certain philosophy or leader.
An adherent to a cause can be called a disciple, one who believes and tries to get others to believe. It can also refer to a material that sticks to other things. While the first meaning comes from the 15th century, the reference to a sticky substance didn't emerge until the 16th. In all cases, the word comes from the Latin root haerēre "stick," connected to the prefix ad- "to," making the word mean "to stick to."
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someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another
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synonyms:
disciple
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examples:
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Baruch
a disciple of and secretary for the prophet Jeremiah
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Zen Buddhist
an adherent of the doctrines of Zen Buddhism
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Mahayanist
an adherent of Mahayana Buddhism
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Hinayanist
an adherent of Hinayana Buddhism
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Lamaist
(Buddhism) an adherent of Lamaism
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Tantrist
an adherent of Tantrism
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Jainist
a believer in Jainism
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Shintoist
a believer in Shintoism
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Rasta, Rastafarian
follower of Rastafarianism
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Mithraist
adherent of Mithraism
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Zoroastrian
follower of Zoroaster and Zoroastrianism
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absolutist
one who advocates absolutism
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amoralist
someone who adheres to the doctrine that ordinary moral distinctions are invalid
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animist
one who accepts the doctrine of animism
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antinomian
a follower of the doctrine of antinomianism
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Apostle
(New Testament) one of the original 12 disciples chosen by Christ to preach his gospel
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Aristotelean, Aristotelian, Peripatetic
a follower of Aristotle or an adherent of Aristotelianism
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Bahai
a teacher of or believer in Bahaism
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Tao, Taoist
an adherent of any branch of Taoism
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clericalist
one who advocates clericalism
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Donatist
an adherent of Donatism
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Druse, Druze
an adherent of an esoteric monotheistic religious sect living in the relative security of the mountains of Syria and Lebanon who believes that Al-hakim was an incarnation of God
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dualist
an adherent of dualism
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Hussite
an adherent of the religious reforms of John Huss
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Ismaili, Ismailian
an adherent of Ismailism; a member of the Ismaili branch of Shiism
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Lutheran
follower of Lutheranism
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Mahdist
an adherent of Mahdism
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Manichaean, Manichean, Manichee
an adherent of Manichaeism
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Monophysite
an adherent of Monophysitism
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Neoplatonist
an adherent of Neoplatonism
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Satanist, diabolist
an adherent of Satan or Satanism
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Sikh
an adherent of Sikhism
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Socinian
an adherent of the teachings of Socinus; a Christian who rejects the divinity of Christ and the Trinity and original sin; influenced the development of Unitarian theology
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totalitarian
an adherent of totalitarian principles or totalitarian government
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Unitarian
adherent of Unitarianism
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Trinitarian
adherent of Trinitarianism
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Arminian
adherent of Arminianism
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votary
a devoted (almost religiously so) adherent of a cause or person or activity
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type of:
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follower
a person who accepts the leadership of another
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Baruch
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sticking fast
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Synonyms:
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adhesive
tending to adhere
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adhesive
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