In Stalinist Communism a deviationism's an expressed belief which isn't in accordance with official party doctrine for the time and area. A deviationist's person who expresses a deviation. The Ffestiniog Railway found another use for the word "Deviationists", for the gang of voluntary enthusiasts who formed the construction gangs to build its deviation.(Following British railway terminology, a deviation's a new route between two points taken as a result of the original route becoming unusable,… (More on Deviationist)