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Heresy

//ˈhɛɹəsi// noun

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Noun

1
A doctrine held by a member of a religion at variance or conflict with established religious beliefs. countable, uncountable
"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."
2
a belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion wordnet
3
A controversial or unorthodox opinion held by a member of a group, as in politics, philosophy or science. broadly, countable, uncountable
"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."
4
any opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or orthodox position wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English heresie, from Old French heresie (modern hérésie), from Latin haeresis, from Ancient Greek αἵρεσις (haíresis, “choice, system of principles”), from αἱρέομαι (hairéomai, “to take for oneself, to choose”), the middle voice of αἱρέω (hairéō, “to take”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ser-; see also Welsh herw (“theft, raid”), Ancient Greek στερέω (steréō, “to deprive of”).

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