heretic
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About Our Definitions: All forms of a word (noun, verb, etc.) are now displayed on one page.her·e·tic
noun \ˈher-ə-ˌtik, ˈhe-rə-\Definition of HERETIC
1
: a dissenter from established religious dogma; especially : a baptized member of the Roman Catholic Church who disavows a revealed truth
2
: one who dissents from an accepted belief or doctrine : nonconformist
See Examples of HERETIC
- The church regards them as heretics.
- <Galileo was condemned as a heretic for supporting Copernicus's thesis that the earth revolves around the sun and not vice versa.>
First Known Use of HERETIC
14th century
Related to HERETIC
- Synonyms
- dissenter, dissentient, dissident, heresiarch, nonconformist
- Antonyms
- conformer, conformist
Other Religion (Eastern and Other) Terms
Rhymes with HERETIC
bailiwick, biopic, Bolshevik, bone to pick, call in sick, candlestick, candlewick, cattle tick, cherry-pick, corner kick, Dominic, do the trick, double-quick, EBCDIC, fiddlestick, fingerpick, flutter kick, hemistich, lunatic, Menshevik, meterstick, needlestick, onside kick, overtrick, point-and-click, politic, politick, polyptych, rhythm stick, scissors kick, shooting stick, singlestick, swagger stick, swizzle stick, taperstick, turn the trick, undertrick, walking stick, Watson-Crick
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