renegadismn.
/ˈrɛnᵻɡeɪdɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈrɛnəɡeɪˌdɪz(ə)m/ The behaviour and practices of a renegade.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > apostasy > [noun]
renoirie1340
apostasyc1380
recidivationa1425
perversiona1450
pervertinga1450
relapsec1475
resiluation1513
departing1526
residuationa1535
back-starting1535
backsliding1554
abrenunciation1557
recreant1570
backslide1586
relapsing1591
recreantness1611
apostating1648
recadency1648
apostatizing1659
lapse1660
apostatism1814
renegadism1823
the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > [noun] > desertion of one's party or principles
recreandisea1425
declining1526
declination1533
back-turning1535
defect1540
revoltc1576
falling off1577
apostasy1578
tergiversation1583
declension1597
recreancy1602
starting1602
recreantness1611
recession1614
turncoating1624
recreancea1632
diffidation1640
withdrawment1640
tergiversating1654
turning1665
ratting1789
renegadism1823
turncoatery1841
defection1884
turncoatism1889
society > authority > rule or government > politics > party politics > [noun] > deserting one's party
ratting1789
rattery1822
renegadism1823
Jim Crowism1837
bolting1884
1823 Edinb. Mag. & Literary Misc. Apr. 391/1 Without having ever, in the whole course of his life, been guilty of a single act of renegadism.
1826 B. R. Haydon Jrnl. 25 Feb. in Autobiogr. (1853) II. 115 The Academy is certainly modified, but still John Bull never pardons an appearance of renegadeism.
1877 W. E. Gladstone Gleanings Past Years IV. vii. 315 This population was liable to be thinned by renegadism and constant war.
1939 A. Toynbee Study of Hist. VI. 104 The..profanity of Jason..gave Hellenism such a vogue and Renegadism such an impetus.
2006 R. M. Harlow in M. J. Medhurst Rhetorical Presidency G. H. W. Bush iv. 7 In his Gulf War rhetoric, such actions were not renegadism, but initial steps toward unity.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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