discrepant

UK /ˈdɪskɹɪpənt/ US /ˈdɪskɹɪpənt/
adj 1noun 1

Definitions

adj

1

Showing difference; inconsistent, dissimilar.

The Egyptians were doubtless the most singular of all the Pagans, and the most oddly discrepant from the rest in their manner of worship; yet nevertheless, that these also agreed with the rest in those fundamentals of worshipping one supreme and universal Numen […]

But the term 'godlike,' […] becomes exceedingly vague, for many gods have flourished in religious history, and their attributes have been discrepant enough.

noun

1

A dissident.

If you persecute heretics or discrepants, they unite themselves as to a common defence […]

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