i Register
In some senses, heretic is marked as archaic. Watch for register when choosing this word.
noun
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.
In the framework of traditional medical ethics, the patient deserves humane attention only insofar as he is potentially healthy and is willing to be healthy—just as in the framework of traditional Christian ethics, the heretic deserved humane attention only insofar as he was potentially a true believer and was willing to become one.
Someone who does not conform to generally accepted beliefs or practices.
adj
Heretical; of or pertaining to heresy or heretics.