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Definitions for Heresy

[1] opinion or doctrine at variance with the orthodox or accepted doctrine, especially of a church or religious system.
[2] the maintaining of such an opinion or doctrine.
[3] Roman Catholic Church . the willful and persistent rejection of any article of faith by a baptized member of the church.
[4] any belief or theory that is strongly at variance with established beliefs, customs, etc.
[5] an opinion or doctrine contrary to the orthodox tenets of a religious body or church the act of maintaining such an opinion or doctrine
[6] any opinion or belief that is or is thought to be contrary to official or established theory
[7] belief in or adherence to unorthodox opinion

Words related to Heresy

blasphemy, fallacy, dissent, infidelity, defection, impiety, disbelief, nonconformity, divergence, schism, atheism, error, apostasy, sin, dissidence, revisionism, iconoclasm, secularism, heterodoxy, agnosticism

Words nearby Heresy

heresimach, heresiography, heresiologist, heresiology, heresthetic, heresy, heretic, heretical, hereto, heretofore, hereunder

Origin of Heresy

1175–1225; Middle English heresie < Old French eresie < Latin haeresis school of thought, sect < Greek haíresis, literally, act of choosing, derivative of haireîn to choose

Other words from Heresy

su·per·her·e·sy , noun, plural su·per·her·e·sies.

Word origin for Heresy

C13: from Old French eresie, from Late Latin haeresis, from Latin: sect, from Greek hairesis a choosing, from hairein to choose

Synonyms for Heresy

blasphemy, fallacy, agnosticism, apostasy, atheism, defection, disbelief, dissent, dissidence, divergence, error, heterodoxy, iconoclasm, impiety, infidelity, nonconformism, nonconformity, paganism, revisionism, schism, sectarianism, secularism, sin, misbelief