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- Dictionaryheretic/ˈhɛrɪtɪk/
noun
- 1. a person believing in or practising religious heresy.
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someone who has an opinion that is opposite to or against the official or popular opinion: He complained that anyone who challenges an assumption about global warming gets branded a heretic. When he began to enunciate his views, Friedman was largely considered a heretic.
The meaning of HERETIC is a person who differs in opinion from established religious dogma; especially : a baptized member of the Roman Catholic Church who refuses to acknowledge or accept a revealed truth. How to use heretic in a sentence.
The noun heretic is mostly used in a religious context to talk about someone whose actions or beliefs act against the laws, rules, or beliefs of some specific religion. However, heretic can also be used in a non-religious way to mean "someone whose ideas go against the norm."
someone who has an opinion that is opposite to or against the official or popular opinion: He complained that anyone who challenges an assumption about global warming gets branded a heretic. When he began to enunciate his views, Friedman was largely considered a heretic.
Heretic definition: a professed believer who maintains religious opinions contrary to those accepted by their church or rejects doctrines prescribed by that church.. See examples of HERETIC used in a sentence.
a belief opposed to the official belief of a church and that is considered wrong, or the condition of having such beliefs: [ U ] fig. The concept of college athletes being paid to play sports was received as nothing short of heresy (= unusual opinions considered completely wrong).
1. countable noun. A heretic is someone whose beliefs or actions are considered wrong by most people, because they disagree with beliefs that are generally accepted. He was considered a heretic and was ridiculed and ostracized for his ideas. Synonyms: nonconformist, dissident, separatist, sectarian More Synonyms of heretic. 2. countable noun.
Definition of heretic noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. a professed believer who maintains religious beliefs contrary to those accepted by his or her church. 2. a professed believer who willfully and persistently rejects any part of the doctrine of his or her church. 3. anyone who does not conform to an established view, doctrine, or principle. adj. 4. heretical.
A heretic is someone whose beliefs or actions are considered wrong by most people, because they disagree with beliefs that are generally accepted. 2. A heretic is a person who belongs to a particular religion, but whose beliefs or actions seriously disagree with the principles of that religion.
