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heretic

noun
/ˈhɛɹɪtɪk/

Etymology

From Middle English heretyk, heretike, from Old French eretique, from Medieval Latin or Ecclesiastical Latin haereticus, from Ancient Greek αἱρετικός (hairetikós, “able to choose, factious”), itself from Ancient Greek αἱρέω (hairéō, “to choose”).

  1. derived from αἱρέω — “to choose”
  2. derived from αἱρετικός — “able to choose, factious”
  3. derived from haereticus
  4. derived from eretique
  5. inherited from heretyk

Definitions

  1. Someone whose beliefs are contrary to the fundamental tenets of a religion they claim to…

    Someone whose beliefs are contrary to the fundamental tenets of a religion they claim to belong to.

    • He semeth a sysmatyke Or els an heretike, For fayth in hym is faynte.

  2. Someone who does not conform to generally accepted beliefs or practices.

  3. Heretical

    Heretical; of or pertaining to heresy or heretics.

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Derived

antiheretic, arch-heretic, arch-heretical, hereticaster, hereticide, hereticize

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA