Heresy

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An opinion or a doctrine at variance with established religious beliefs, especially dissension from or denial of Roman Catholic dogma by a professed believer or baptized church member.
  • n. Adherence to such dissenting opinion or doctrine.
  • n. A controversial or unorthodox opinion or doctrine, as in politics, philosophy, or science.
  • n. Adherence to such controversial or unorthodox opinion.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A doctrine held by a member of a religion at variance with established religious beliefs, especially dissension from Roman Catholic dogma.
  • n. A controversial or unorthodox opinion held by a member of a group, as in politics, philosophy or science.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. An opinion held in opposition to the established or commonly received doctrine, and tending to promote a division or party, as in politics, literature, philosophy, etc.; -- usually, but not necessarily, said in reproach.
  • n. Religious opinion opposed to the authorized doctrinal standards of any particular church, especially when tending to promote schism or separation; lack of orthodox or sound belief; rejection of, or erroneous belief in regard to, some fundamental religious doctrine or truth; heterodoxy.
  • n. An offense against Christianity, consisting in a denial of some essential doctrine, which denial is publicly avowed, and obstinately maintained.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Any doctrine, opinion, or set of opinions at variance with the established standards of any system, school of thought, or party; an opinion or a doctrine tending to create schism or division; an untenable or a disturbing doctrine of any kind, as in philosophy, science, politics, morality, etc.
  • n. Specifically, in theology, an opinion or a doctrine rejected by the authorities of a church as contrary to the established creed of that church; an interpretation or a theological view of a sacred writing or other standard of religion, or of any distinctive part of it, opposed to that authoritatively established or generally accepted: as, the antinomian heresy.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion
  • n. any opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or orthodox position
  • Antonym
    orthodoxy   
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    heterodoxy    unbelief    dissenting    recusancy    lollardism    lollardry    lollardy   
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