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  • 41dissident — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. dissenter, protester, rebel; see agitator , nonconformist , protester , rebel 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) I (VOCABULARY WORD) n. [DIS uh dent] one who disagrees; a dissenter. A number of dissidents protested the… …

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  • 42sectary — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. One zealously devoted to a religion: devotee, enthusiast, fanatic, votary, zealot. See BELIEF, LOVE, RELIGION. 2. A person who dissents from the doctrine of an established church: dissenter, dissident, heretic,… …

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  • 43separatist — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A person who dissents from the doctrine of an established church: dissenter, dissident, heretic, nonconformist, schismatic, sectarian, sectary, separationist. See RELIGION …

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  • 44JONES, Bob — (1883 1968)    American FUNDAMENTALIST leader known for his SEPARATIONIST policies. He founded Bob Jones University …

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  • 45Anti-Separation League —    Also known as the Anti Separationist League, an organization established in July 1932 to bring together all those groups who opposed Burma s constitutional separation from India. Dr. Ba Maw, an influential figure in the League, advocated… …

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  • 46advocator — noun a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea • Syn: ↑advocate, ↑proponent, ↑exponent • Derivationally related forms: ↑propound (for: ↑proponent), ↑advocate, ↑ …

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  • 47church service — noun a service conducted in a house of worship (Freq. 1) don t be late for church • Syn: ↑church • Derivationally related forms: ↑church (for: ↑church) …

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  • 48white separatist — noun someone who advocates a society in which white people live separately from members of other races • Derivationally related forms: ↑white separatism • Hypernyms: ↑separatist, ↑separationist …

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  • 49AMERICAN JEWISH CONGRESS (AJCongress) — AMERICAN JEWISH CONGRESS (AJCongress), one of the central agencies in American Jewish community relations. The origins of the American Jewish Congress, founded in 1918, provide an important lesson in the dynamics of American Jewry. The AJCongress …

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  • 50JEWISH SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY — (or ŻPS, the initials of the party s name in Polish), party existing in Galicia from 1905 to 1920, the equivalent there of the bund . In the early 1890s attempts were made in Galicia to establish a Jewish workers party to be federatively joined… …

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