heresy
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9.6
- noun
- /ˈhɛrəsi/
- Formal
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herejía
- Hence, they were accused of heresy and were charged with zandaqa, a word of Persian etymology.
- heresy and orthodoxy
- charge of heresy
- accused of heresy
So what I'm saying is heresy in some quarters.
- So what I'm saying is heresy in some quarters.
- So he's got one called The Theologians and it's about heresies and trials and stuff like that.
- So we're heresy free at the moment.
- Dominic founded his order in part to try to combat new heresies that are arising.
- But we also know that that Irenaeus writes in Against Heresies about the Gospel of Judas.
- What, what he did and this, this, this seemed almost a, a heresy at the time.
- And they then were ostracized in various ways for this heresy.
- But since then, I've been out persuading conservatives that this is not a heresy, that it's actually bedrock conservatism.
- We would the physicists would not let other sciences get away with that kind of heresy, right?
- Eckhart, he was when he was accused of heresy, he said, well, I want to distinguish between heresy and error, right?
- I think the paradox is this, this is sort of heresy, but they call who they're calling marginalised aren't marginalised.
- And of course Byzantine, flirting with heresies like iconoplasm.
Examples
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But that's heresy, and by itself would be enough to get him killed.
Fiction book (1993) -
He was tried for heresy and burned at the stake.
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So it almost seems like heresy to suggest that we can build a machine which does something like this incredible organ does.
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Most refer to comments like this as heresy against the orthodoxy of economic thought.
Blog text (10) -
While the judgment of heresy clearly concerned divine revelation, the judgment of fact did not.
Academic text (2002) -
Heresy is not just getting some fact wrong or muddling a proof; heresy denies the method that gains revelation and truth.
Academic text (1999) -
The Spanish Inquisition had made belief in pre-Columbian contact a heresy punishable by burning.
Fiction book (1999) -
Throughout history, individuals have been persecuted for their heresy against established religious beliefs.
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In medieval times, expressing views that contradicted the church's teachings was often labeled as heresy.
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The scientist faced accusations of heresy for challenging the traditional understanding of the universe.
Synonyms
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9.9
Beliefs or ideas that differ from what most people accept, often in religion
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8.8
A way of thinking or behaving that does not follow usual beliefs
Holding beliefs that church leaders call wrong
Antonyms
How Unorthodox
Surface Forms
Etymology
Heresy comes from the Greek hairesis, which meant 'choice' or a group that chose its own beliefs. That's why heresy now means a belief that 'chooses' to go against the accepted or official view, often in religion.