Thesaurus results for RELIGIONIST

religionist

noun

ri-ˈli-jə-nist

Definition of religionist

as in believer

one who professes a religious faith makes the case that one need not be a religionist to have basic moral values

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Recent Examples of religionist Thus, OKing vaccines may inadvertently embolden individuals to make further changes and cajole co-religionists to condone those changes for the whole group. — Cory Anderson, STAT, 6 Mar. 2026 Marx retaliates by pulling a string of his own, getting Grossbart back on the list of soldiers headed to the Pacific, potentially turning his co-religionist into cannon fodder. — Andrew Ridker, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2025 Other kinds of religious organizations are also allowed to prefer co-religionists in their hiring — a Catholic charity is allowed to prefer Catholics in the hiring process. — Julie Moreau, NBC News, 26 Aug. 2019 But, as more details leak out about the region’s camps, Muslim leaders are beginning to come under domestic pressure to defend their co-religionists. — The Economist, 25 July 2019 In his own time, Washington’s reluctance to show his doctrinal cards dismayed his Christian co-religionists. — Sam Wineburg, Smithsonian, 12 June 2019

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believer

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Collin is a French liberal, a believer in the celebratory triad of liberté, égalité, fraternité.

— David Denby, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
One group of investors, who remain long-term believers in AI value, is choosing to shift from semiconductors to hyper-scale cloud service providers, betting their earnings will continue to beat expectations in the next earnings season.

— , CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026

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