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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.
Heresy is any belief or theory that is strongly at variance with established beliefs or customs, particularly the accepted beliefs or religious law of a religious organization. A heretic is a proponent of heresy. Heresy in Christianity, Judaism, and Islam has at times been met with censure ranging from excommunication to the death penalty.
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.
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.
HERETIC meaning: someone who believes or teaches something that goes against accepted or official beliefs.
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."
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.
HERETIC definition: someone with a belief that is against what a group or society generally believes to be right or good. Learn more.
