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adherents

adherents is the plural of adherent.

Meaning of adherent

Noun

adherent (plural adherents)

  1. A person who has membership in some group, association, or religion.
    • While the concept of remigration has long existed in academia, its hijacking by the far right on social media appears to have begun about a decade ago when French adherents to identitarianism, an ethno-nationalist movement, organised what they described as the inaugural meeting in Paris on...2024 October 3, Ashifa Kassam, “How remigration became a buzzword for global far right”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 07 Apr 2025

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Questions about adherents

What is adherents the plural of?
Adherents is the plural of adherent.

Words near adherents in the dictionary

  1. adherends
  2. adherens junction
  3. adherens junctions
  4. adherent
  5. adherently
  6. adherents
  7. adherer
  8. adherers
  9. adheres
  10. adhereth
  11. adherin

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