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her·e·tic

 (hĕr′ĭ-tĭk)
n.
A person who holds controversial opinions, especially one who publicly dissents from the officially accepted dogma of the Roman Catholic Church.
adj.
Heretical.

[Middle English heretik, from Old French heretique, from Late Latin haereticus, from Greek hairetikos, able to choose, factious, from hairetos, chosen, from haireisthai, to choose; see heresy.]
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heretic

(ˈhɛrətɪk)
n
1. (Roman Catholic Church) chiefly RC Church a person who maintains beliefs contrary to the established teachings of the Church
2. a person who holds unorthodox opinions in any field
heretical adj
heˈretically adv
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her•e•tic

(ˈhɛr ɪ tɪk; adj. also həˈrɛt ɪk)

n.
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.
[1300–50; Middle English < Middle French heretique < Late Latin haereticus < Greek hairetikós able to choose (Late Greek: heretical), derivative of hairet(ós) that may be taken, v. adj. of haireîn to choose]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.heretic - a person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the dogma of the Roman Catholic Churchheretic - a person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the dogma of the Roman Catholic Church
castaway, outcast, pariah, Ishmael - a person who is rejected (from society or home)
2.heretic - a person who holds unorthodox opinions in any field (not merely religion)
recusant, nonconformist - someone who refuses to conform to established standards of conduct
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heretic

noun nonconformist, dissident, separatist, sectarian, renegade, revisionist, dissenter, apostate, schismatic He was considered a heretic and was ridiculed for his ideas.
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heretic

noun
A person who dissents from the doctrine of an established church:
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Translations
هرطَقي، مِن أهْل البِدَع
kacíř-ka
kætter
harhaoppinenkerettiläinentoisinajattelija
eretnek
trúvillingur
kacír
sapkınlık gösteren kimse

heretic

[ˈherətɪk] Nhereje mf
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heretic

[ˈhɛrɪtɪk] n
(RELIGION)hérétique mf
(fig)hérétique mf
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heretic

nKetzer(in) m(f), → Häretiker(in) m(f) (spec)
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heretic

[ˈhɛrətɪk] neretico/a
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heresy

(ˈherəsi) noun
(the holding or teaching of) an (especially religious) opinion which differs from the official opinion.
ˈheretic (-tik) noun
a person who holds or teaches such an opinion.
heretical (həˈretikl) adjective
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References in classic literature ?
He ain't that far gone exactly--few men is, I reckon--but he's what you might call a heretic. Heretics are wicked, but they're mighty int'resting.
And therefore, whensoever it cometh to that pass, that one saith, Ecce in deserto, another saith, Ecce in penetralibus; that is, when some men seek Christ, in the conventicles of heretics, and others, in an outward face of a church, that voice had need continually to sound in men's ears, Nolite exire, - Go not out.
Among them would he find a perpetual haven of refuge, where no `lying heretics' might seek him out.
But I take all the blame upon myself for never having told your worships of my uncle's vagaries, that you might put a stop to them before things had come to this pass, and burn all these accursed books- for he has a great number- that richly deserve to be burned like heretics."
By reasoning of this kind, it can be seen that the four or five thousand tulip-growers of Holland, France, and Portugal, leaving out those of Ceylon and China and the Indies, might, if so disposed, put the whole world under the ban, and condemn as schismatics and heretics and deserving of death the several hundred millions of mankind whose hopes of salvation were not centred upon the tulip.
A sect of Spanish heretics of the latter part of the sixteenth century; so called because they were light weights --
so that you esteem these but heretics, as effectually lost as the pagans themselves."
Then the invalid became a heretic or sorcerer; as heretic or sorcerer he suffered, and sought to cause suffering.
foreman, said, I see clearly that this man is a heretic.
His heart warms to him when he can bring forward some example of cruelty or meanness, and he exults like an inquisitor at the auto da fe of an heretic when with some forgotten story he can confound the filial piety of the Rev.
The University was ordered to crush the heretic. But the University stood by him until the King added his orders to those of the Archbishop of Canterbury.