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1. (n.) heretic
a professed believer who maintains religious beliefs contrary to those accepted by his or her church.
2. heretic
a professed believer who willfully and persistently rejects any part of the doctrine of his or her church.
3. heretic
anyone who does not conform to an established view, doctrine, or principle.
Etymology: (1300–50; ME < MF heretique < LL haereticus < Gk hairetikós able to choose (LGk: heretical), der. of hairet(ós) that may be taken, v. adj. of haireîn to choose)
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| Definition of 'heretic' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) heretic, misbeliever, religious outcast
a person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the dogma of the Roman Catholic Church
2. (noun) heretic
a person who holds unorthodox opinions in any field (not merely religion)
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| Definition of 'heretic' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) heretic
one who holds to a heresy; one who believes some doctrine contrary to the established faith or prevailing religion
2. (noun) heretic
one who having made a profession of Christian belief, deliberately and pertinaciously refuses to believe one or more of the articles of faith "determined by the authority of the universal church."
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Sense: a person who holds or teaches such an opinion.
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 Afrikaans: ketter |
 Arabic: هرطَقي، مِن أهْل البِدَع |
 Bulgarian: еретик |
 Brazilian: herético |
 Czech: kacíř, -ka |
 German: der/die Ketzer(in) |
 Danish: kætter |
 Greek: αιρετικός |
 Spanish: hereje |
 Estonian: ketser |
 Farsi: مرتد |
 Finnish: harhaoppinen |
 French: hérétique |
 Hebrew: כּוֹפֶר |
 Hindi: अधर्मी, विधर्मी |
 Croatian: krivovjerac, otpadnik |
 Hungarian: eretnek |
 Indonesian: klenik |
 Icelandic: trúvillingur |
 Italian: eretico |
 Japanese: 異端者 |
 Korean: 이단자 |
 Lithuanian: eretikas |
 Latvian: ķeceris |
 Malay: orang yg mempunyai fahama |
 Dutch: ketter |
 Norwegian: kjetter |
 Polish: heretyk |
 Persian: مرتد |
 Pashto: كفر |
 Portuguese: herético |
 Romanian: eretic |
 Russian: еретик |
 Slovak: kacír, -ka |
 Slovenian: krivoverec |
 Serbian: jeretik |
 Swedish: kättare |
 Thai: คนนอกศาสนา |
 Turkish: sapkınlık gösteren kimse |
 Taiwanese: 異教徒 |
 Ukrainian: єретик |
 Urdu: بدعتی |
 Vietnamese: người theo dị giáo |
 Chinese: 异教徒 |
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