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heresy
belief opposed to established religious doctrine
Synonyms
- heterodoxy
- religious dissent
- unorthodoxy
Antonyms
- orthodoxy
- doctrinal conformity
- accepted belief
heresy in a sentence
Church officials condemned the scholar's teaching as heresy.
The reformer's claim was treated as heresy by leaders who guarded traditional doctrine.
Where it comes from
From Greek hairesis, meaning 'choice or school of thought.'
Memory hook
HERESY sounds like 'here, see': here, see a belief that defies accepted teaching.
Read it in context
- The Valley Remembers Nature