異い端たん者しゃ

noun

heathen; pagan; heretic

Primarily used in religious contexts to refer to someone who holds beliefs contrary to orthodox doctrine.

• 中ちゅう世せいでは、異い端たん者しゃは火か刑けいに処しょされることもあった。

  In the Middle Ages, heretics were sometimes burned at the stake.

noun

nonconformist; freethinker; iconoclast; rebel

Extended to secular contexts: a person who rejects conventional ideas, norms, or authority; often carries a nuance of intellectual independence or defiance.

• 彼かれは学がっ界かいの異い端たん者しゃとして知しられている。

  He is known as an iconoclast in academic circles.

• その政せい治じ家かは党とう内ないで異い端たん者しゃ扱あつかいされている。

  That politician is treated as a rebel within the party.