true believer
noun
1
: a person who professes absolute belief in something
2
: a zealous supporter of a particular cause
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Examples of true believer in a Sentence
they were true believers in an antimaterialist lifestyle, as evidenced by their lack of possessions
true believers who fought the good fight even when it was out of fashion
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This true believer will be back for veggie tacos and coconut ice cream.
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Arika Herron, Axios, 25 Sep. 2024
Anyone who’s spent time trying to refute those claims to a true believer knows how challenging of a task that can be.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 12 Sep. 2024
For now, little (if any) of what’s being generated is convincing enough to fool voters, and most of it is being used to confirm the priors of true believers.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 21 Aug. 2024
Most of Washington was now singing from the same hymn book, but in Wolfowitz’s eyes, there were alarmingly few true believers.
—Stephen Wertheim, Foreign Affairs, 17 Mar. 2023
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Arika Herron, Axios, 25 Sep. 2024
Anyone who’s spent time trying to refute those claims to a true believer knows how challenging of a task that can be.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 12 Sep. 2024
For now, little (if any) of what’s being generated is convincing enough to fool voters, and most of it is being used to confirm the priors of true believers.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 21 Aug. 2024
Most of Washington was now singing from the same hymn book, but in Wolfowitz’s eyes, there were alarmingly few true believers.
—Stephen Wertheim, Foreign Affairs, 17 Mar. 2023
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“True believer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/true%20believer. Accessed 2 Oct. 2024.
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