Entry Word: heresy

Function: noun

Meaning: departure from a generally accepted theory, opinion, or practice <the heresy of asserting that Shakespeare was not a great writer>

Synonyms dissent, dissidence, heterodoxy, nonconformity

Related Words error, fallacy, falsehood, misbelief, misconception, myth; apostasy, defection, schism, sectarianism, separatism; deviance, deviation, unconventionality; disagreement, discord, dissension

Near Antonyms agreement, conformation, conventionality

Antonyms conformity, orthodoxy