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: one who differs in opinion from an accepted belief or doctrine : nonconformist
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Examples of heretic in a Sentence
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.
Recent Examples of heretic from the Web
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Although a motive for the shooting has yet to be declared, Mr. Iqbal is a staunch supporter of Pakistan’s religious minorities, often considered heretics by the country’s radicalized offshoots of Sunni Islam.
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This proves impossible for much of Carlton's congregation to swallow, and before long many of them are leaving the church and/or decrying him as a heretic.
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Feel free to dismiss Santos — a Trinity University economics professor who grew up in Portugal — as a heretic.
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Of those, 730 were Muslims, 501 were Ahmedis — a sect that is reviled by mainstream Muslims as heretics — while 205 were Christians and 26 were Hindus.
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Director Carl Theodor Dreyer’s 1928 film focuses largely on the trial of French heroine Joan of Arc, who was burned at the stake in 1431 after being tried as a heretic.
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The church condemned Abelard as a heretic, effectively silencing his campaign to change church attitudes about the Jews.
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Sufi Muslims, viewed as heretics by the Sunni extremists, have also been targeted.
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The Sunni militants consider the Shiites heretics and urge followers to kill them.
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heretic Synonyms
Synonyms
bohemian, deviant, enfant terrible, free spirit, iconoclast, individualist, lone wolf, maverick, nonconformist;
Antonyms
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character, codger, crackbrain, crackpot, crank, eccentric, freak, kook, nut, oddball, screwball, weirdo;
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Zen, antinomian, avatar, gnosticism, illuminati, ineffable, karma, koan, mantra
HERETIC Defined for English Language Learners
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: someone who believes or teaches something that goes against accepted or official beliefs
HERETIC Defined for Kids
: a person who believes or teaches something opposed to accepted beliefs (as of a church)
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