Relating to or characteristic of apostasy or apostates; involving the abandonment of religious or political beliefs.
From 'apostate' with the adjectival suffix '-ic', used to describe conditions, behaviors, or attitudes related to abandoning one's faith or principles.
Historians use 'apostatic movements' to describe whole groups that left established religions—like when thousands of people switched from paganism to Christianity, or vice versa during religious transitions.
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