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Present movement against religion (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

heretic

'against religion' is the definition.

'present movement' is the wordplay.
'present' becomes 'here' ('here' can be similar in meaning to 'present').
'movement' becomes 'tic' (I have seen 'Nervous movement' mean 'tic' so perhaps 'movement' could also mean 'tic').
'here'+'tic'='HERETIC'

(Other definitions for heretic that I've seen before include "contrarian" , "Cheer it (anag.)" , "Person with views contrary to accepted beliefs" , "Unorthodox believer" , "his controversial views" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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