heresy
Collocations
5ADJ.
all, considered, damnable, dangerous, deliberate, favorite, left-wing, right-wing
VERB + HERESY
charges, declare, let's, regarded, speak, stake, write
HERESY + NOUN
crime, departure, evidence, threat
PREP.
in
ADV.
once
Definitions
noun
A doctrine held by a member of a religion at variance or conflict with established religious beliefs.
Heresy meant deliberate departure from the accepted doctrines of the church. It was intellectual and spiritual dissent and concerned the beliefs of Christianity, not the morals of its adherents.
A controversial or unorthodox opinion held by a member of a group, as in politics, philosophy or science.
I'm going to declare a heresy for you. All science, if you go back into its roots, saying: 'Why do I believe this?' 'Well, I believe this because of these tests and this proof.' 'Well, why do I believe this?' 'Why did I set up this test?' 'Why did I believe that proof?' All science goes back to something that we believe because we believe it. We believe it because we believe it, and we have no proof for it. It's like a religion.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — a belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion
- unorthodoxy
noun — any opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or o
- unorthodoxy
- heterodoxy
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6Heresy meant deliberate departure from the accepted doctrines of the church. It was intellectual and spiritual dissent and concerned the beliefs of Christianity, not the morals of its adherents.
WiktionaryI'm going to declare a heresy for you. All science, if you go back into its roots, saying: 'Why do I believe this?' 'Well, I believe this because of these tests and this proof.' 'Well, why do I believ
WiktionaryAs for the accusations of heresy, here the evidence is much weaker.
Tatoeba · #28175All this worldly wisdom was once the unamiable heresy of some wise man.
Tatoeba · #841849Instead of being esteemed for these discoveries, he was sentenced to renounce them, or the opinions resulting from them, as a damnable heresy.
Tatoeba · #1530020As for the accusations of heresy: here, the evidence is much weaker.
Tatoeba · #2077731