heresy
/ˈhɛɹəsi/noun3 syllables
Heresy means: any opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or orthodox position.
Synonyms for heresy3
noun, as in any opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or orthodox position
unorthodoxy, heterodoxy
noun, as in a belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion
unorthodoxy
What does heresy mean?2
noun
1
any opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or orthodox position
2
a belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Heresy in a sentence
- As for the accusations of heresy, here the evidence is much weaker.Dejo
- As for the accusations of heresy: here, the evidence is much weaker.unknown
- As for the accusations of heresy--here, the evidence is much weaker.unknown
- All this worldly wisdom was once the unamiable heresy of some wise man.Scott
- Heresy was a crime for which people were sometimes sentenced to death.Hybrid
- Such an idea was heresy in left-wing circles.mailohilohi
- Such an idea was heresy in right-wing circles.mailohilohi
- Antonio was burnt at the stake for heresy.Amastan
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Forms of heresy
as a noun
- plural
- heresies