heresy[noun]Synonyms: dissidence, apostasy, heterodoxy, iconoclasm, unorthodoxy
Related Words: impiety,
infidelity,
apostasy,
defection,
revisionism,
error,
fallacy [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
her‧e‧sy /ˈherəsi, ˈherɪsi/
noun (
plural heresies)
[uncountable and countable][
Date: 1100-1200;
Language: Old French;
Origin: heresie, from Late Latin haeresis, from Greek hairesis 'act of taking or choosing']
1. a belief that disagrees with the official principles of a particular religion:
He was executed for heresy.2. a belief, statement etc that disagrees with what a group of people believe to be right:
To come to work without a shirt and tie was considered heresy. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲