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heretic en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈhɛɹɪtɪk/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle English heretyk, heretike, from Old French eretique, from Medieval Latin or Ecclesiastical Latin haereticus, from Ancient Greek αἱρετικός (hairetikós, “able to choose, factious”), itself from Ancient Greek αἱρέω (hairéō, “to choose”).

Meanings

1. (archaic) Heretical; of or pertaining to heresy or heretics.

Forms

Antonyms

orthodox

Relateds

heresy · heretical

heretic en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈhɛɹɪtɪk/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle English heretyk, heretike, from Old French eretique, from Medieval Latin or Ecclesiastical Latin haereticus, from Ancient Greek αἱρετικός (hairetikós, “able to choose, factious”), itself from Ancient Greek αἱρέω (hairéō, “to choose”).

Meanings

1. Someone whose beliefs are contrary to the fundamental tenets of a religion they claim to belong to.
   • 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. 1974, Thomas S. Szasz, chapter 11, in The Myth of Mental Illness, →ISBN, page 197:
   • He semeth a sysmatyke Or els an heretike, For fayth in hym is faynte. c. 1503–1512, John Skelton, Ware the Hauke; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, →OCLC, page 62, lines 17–19:
2. (broadly) Someone who does not conform to generally accepted beliefs or practices.

Forms

Deriveds

hereticaster · hereticize · arch-heretical · arch-heretic · antiheretic · hereticide

Hyponyms

apostate

Synonyms

separatist · withersake · sectarian · nonconformist · dissident

Translations (119)

uk єрети́чка (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · sh кривоверна (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · af ketter (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · sl heretik (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · de Ketzer (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · la haeresiacus (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · eo herezulo (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · cu еретикъ (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · de Häretiker (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · fo trúarvillingur (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · sl krivoverec (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · mk криво́верник (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · he אֶפִּיקוֹרֶס (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · ky бидъатчы (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · oc eretic (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · ro eretic (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · kk бидғатшы (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · fo trúvillingur (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · nb kjetter (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · he כּוֹפֶרֶת (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · be ерэты́к (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · et ketser (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · ja 異端者 (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · sv heretiker (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · sq heretike (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · yi אַפּיקורס (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · la haereseus (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · cy heretic (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · sv kättare (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · bg ерети́чка (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · sh krivoverna (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · tr kâfir (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · fa زندیک (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · rup eretico (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · vo jihäretan (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · he אֶפִּיקוֹרוֹס (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · pl kacerka (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · lt eretikas (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · vo häretan (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · mk ере́тик (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · ru ерети́к (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · de Abweichler (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · az bidətçi (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · zlw-ocs cafúr (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · uz bidʻatchi (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · ca heretge (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · hu eretnek (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · oc erètge (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · gd saobh-chreidmheach (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · yi מין (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · uk єрети́к (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · pl heretyczka (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · pt herege (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · de Häretikerin (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · lv ķeceris (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · sh кривоверан (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · la haereticus (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · sl krivoverka (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · el αιρετική (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · af ketters (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · pl heretyk (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · nb vranglærer (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · nn ranglærar (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · he מִין (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · sk heretička (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · el αιρετικός (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · cs kacířka (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · vi dị giáo (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · da kætter (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · ota زندیق (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · hy հերետիկոս (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · nl ketter (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · fa زندیق (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · sh krivoveran (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · sq heretik (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · sk heretik (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · ru ерети́чка (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · fr hérétique (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · de Ketzerin (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · it eretica (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · mi heretiki (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · grc αἱρετικός (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · id bida'ah (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · eo herezulino (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · vo hihäretan (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · sk kacírka (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · sl heretičarka (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · sk kacír (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · pl kacerz (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · bg ерети́к (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · cmn 異端 /异端 (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · sh јеретик (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · ar مُلْحِدَة (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · cs kacíř (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · es hereje (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · fi harhaoppinen (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · it eretico (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · nb heretiker (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · txb tīrthe (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · tl erehe (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · pdt Errliera (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · nn heretikar (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · tr zındık (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · nn kjettar (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · ko 이단자 (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · hi विधर्मी (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · he כּוֹפֵר (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · de Abweichlerin (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · ga eiriceach (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · fi kerettiläinen (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · ka ერეტიკოსი (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · be ерэты́чка (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · mk криво́верец (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · sh jeretik (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · ar مُلْحِد (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · ko 이교도 (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · tg бидъаткор (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · ky еретик (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion) · ka მწვალებელი (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion)