Dictionary

heretical en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /həˈɹɛtɪkəl/

Etymology

From Middle English, borrowed from Middle French eretical and from Medieval Latin haereticālis, from haereticus, equivalent to heretic + -al. See heretic.

Meanings

1. Of or pertaining to heresy or heretics.
   • At least as Auxentius reports him in the covering letter which precedes Ulfila’s confession, he is as vehement in his opposition to what he sees as heretical alternatives to his own form of belief as most other participants in the controversies of the time. Heretics are not Christians but antichrists. Homoousians, Homoiousians, and Macedonians are all included in this blanket condemnation. 1996, Maurice Wiles, “[The End of Arianism] Gothic Christianity”, in Archetypal Heresy: Arianism through the Centuries, Oxford, Oxon: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 43:
2. (of ideas or views) Contrary to mainstream or accepted opinion.

Forms

Deriveds

heretically · hereticalness · nonheretical · arch-heretical · unheretical · antiheretical

Relateds

heresy · heterodox · heretic · heterodoxy

Synonyms

unorthodox

Translations (57)

pl heretycki (contrary to mainstream or accepted opinion) · ga eiriceach (of or pertaining to heresy or heretics) · pt herético (of or pertaining to heresy or heretics) · da kættersk (of or pertaining to heresy or heretics) · sv kättersk (of or pertaining to heresy or heretics) · sv kättersk (contrary to mainstream or accepted opinion) · uk єретичний (of or pertaining to heresy or heretics) · ca herètic (of or pertaining to heresy or heretics) · mi heretiki (of or pertaining to heresy or heretics) · es herético (contrary to mainstream or accepted opinion) · es herético (of or pertaining to heresy or heretics) · bg еретичен (of or pertaining to heresy or heretics) · ro eretic (of or pertaining to heresy or heretics) · pl heretycki (of or pertaining to heresy or heretics) · fi harhaoppinen (of or pertaining to heresy or heretics) · mk ере́тички (of or pertaining to heresy or heretics) · ru ерети́ческий (of or pertaining to heresy or heretics) · sv heretisk (of or pertaining to heresy or heretics) · pt herético (contrary to mainstream or accepted opinion) · fi toisinajattelija (of or pertaining to heresy or heretics) · eo hereza (contrary to mainstream or accepted opinion) · pl bogoburczy (of or pertaining to heresy or heretics) · fi harhaoppinen (contrary to mainstream or accepted opinion) · nl ketters (contrary to mainstream or accepted opinion) · sk heretická (contrary to mainstream or accepted opinion) · vo häretik (of or pertaining to heresy or heretics) · sk heretické (contrary to mainstream or accepted opinion) · it eretico (contrary to mainstream or accepted opinion) · nl ketters (of or pertaining to heresy or heretics) · de häretisch (contrary to mainstream or accepted opinion) · la haereticus (of or pertaining to heresy or heretics) · mi heretiki (contrary to mainstream or accepted opinion) · el αιρετικός (of or pertaining to heresy or heretics) · es hereje (of or pertaining to heresy or heretics) · de häretisch (of or pertaining to heresy or heretics) · mn тэрс (of or pertaining to heresy or heretics) · la haereticālis (of or pertaining to heresy or heretics) · hi विधर्मी (of or pertaining to heresy or heretics) · el αιρετικός (contrary to mainstream or accepted opinion) · sk heretický (of or pertaining to heresy or heretics) · sk kacírsky (contrary to mainstream or accepted opinion) · de ketzerisch (contrary to mainstream or accepted opinion) · mn тэрсүүд (of or pertaining to heresy or heretics) · eo hereza (of or pertaining to heresy or heretics) · sk heretický (contrary to mainstream or accepted opinion) · vo hihäretanik (of or pertaining to heresy or heretics) · vo häretanik (of or pertaining to heresy or heretics) · pt herege (of or pertaining to heresy or heretics) · fi kerettiläinen (of or pertaining to heresy or heretics) · ga eiriciúil (of or pertaining to heresy or heretics) · la haeresiacus (of or pertaining to heresy or heretics) · gl herexe (of or pertaining to heresy or heretics) · sk kacírsky (of or pertaining to heresy or heretics) · vo jihäretanik (of or pertaining to heresy or heretics) · ota زندیق (of or pertaining to heresy or heretics) · cs kacířský (of or pertaining to heresy or heretics) · fr hérétique (of or pertaining to heresy or heretics)