#adept

• Adherent — A person who fully adheres to a doctrine, or to a scientific, philosophical, political, or religious theory, becoming an active supporter and propagator of it; as an adjective, it describes the state of ideological or intellectual attachment to a structured set of values or principles. The term defines the social identity and doctrinal position of an individual within a current of thought.
• Adherent — A female person who fully adheres to a doctrine, a cultural, political, or religious movement, or a scientific theory, becoming its active supporter and promoter. In a broad sense, the structural term describes a woman attached to an idea or a discipline, which she practices or defends with firm conviction within social interactions.
• Alchemist — A person who practiced alchemy in Antiquity or the Middle Ages, engaging in secret laboratory experiments to transmute metals and discover the elixir of life; a precursor to the modern chemist. As an adjective, it describes a person or action reminiscent of the occult techniques or mysterious transformations specific to these scholars.
• Antinomian — A person who adheres to the principles of antinomism or who maintains that the moral law and external norms are not binding for those saved through faith; in an adjective sense, it describes an idea, writing, or group exhibiting an attitude of rejection toward the authority of traditional laws.
• Anthropologistic thinker — A person who adheres to the current of anthropologism or who advocates for reducing philosophical problems to the study of human nature. As an adjective, it describes an author, a work, a thesis, or a method of analysis grounded in the principles of anthropologism, focused on explaining culture through biological or psychophysical determinisms.
• Anthropomorphist — A person who adheres to the principles of anthropomorphism or who depicts deities and forces of nature in human form. As an adjective, it describes an author, an artist, a religious group, or an artwork grounded in anthropomorphism, focused on granting human features to non-human elements.
• Authoritarianist — A person who supports, promotes, or implements authoritarianism as a method of governance or leadership; an adherent of a dictatorial political system or of coercive methods of enforcing power. As an adjective, it describes a behavior, attitude, or doctrine specific to proponents of strict control, characterized by the rejection of egalitarian dialogue and the demand for unconditional obedience.