heretical
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9.1
- adjective
- /həˈrɛtɪkəl/
- Formal
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herético
- Mainstream evangelicalism has long opposed prosperity theology as unbiblical, if not heretical.
- deemed heretical
- considered heretical
- heretical beliefs
Just be like burn those heretical books now.
- Just be like burn those heretical books now.
- You can't be, you know, it's almost heretical to say this in the modern world.
- So so he is someone who very much swims in heretical ideas.
- Some don't seem to be, but it feels heretical to say that some don't seem to be.
- Let me make a further heretical proposition.
- It's an extraordinary finding, and it's also completely heretical.
- And how they do that is they make other beliefs about Christianity heretical.
- So this, you know, this is very attractive to a lot of people within the church, but at the church as a whole condemned that as heretical.
- Like exterminating the heretical idea or standing up for a principle might be so valuable to me that I'm willing to use violence even if it's costly.
- And I think that being that today is as heretical as it gets.
Examples
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You can't be, you know, it's almost heretical to say this in the modern world.
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Because what I have just been describing to you was viewed as a most heretical theory of history.
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And I think that being that today is as heretical as it gets.
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Let me make a further heretical proposition.
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I said the document was heretical.
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I know this is probably going to sound heretical, but social skills are highly overrated.
Blog text (23) -
In fact, it looks like he might've been sent to the New World because certain of his ideas were considered heretical.
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Theories such as Clichtove's would have been considered heretical by the Order of St. John.
Academic text (2012) -
Her suggestion was almost heretical and drew astonished gasps from everyone, including the boys.
Fiction book (2002) -
His views on the nature of the universe were considered heretical by the mainstream scientific community.
Synonyms
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7.3
Not agreeing with the official or common view
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9.6
Rejecting or strongly opposing widely held beliefs and traditions
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7.4
Not following the usual customs or rules of society
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9.7
Not following the usual or accepted beliefs, often in religion
Not following the usual beliefs or practices
Antonyms
How Heretical
- Offensive
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8.4
- Formal
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9.1
- Formal
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9.7
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7.3
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5.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Heretical comes from the Greek root haireō, which means 'to choose', and is the source of the words heretic and heresy. So a heretical idea is one that 'chooses' to go against the usual or accepted beliefs.