Heresy

//ˈhɛɹəsi//

Synonyms for "heresy" (112 found)

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Closest matches (23)

Strong matches (33)

Noun(1 words)
heterodoxy

Related words (56)

Noun(2 words)
misbeliefunorthodoxy

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Related terms

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Showing 16 of 27 words.

Translations

125 translations across 69 languages.

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Afrikaans

3 entries
  • dwaalleer noun (dissension from religious dogma)
  • dwaallere noun (dissension from religious dogma)
  • kettery noun (dissension from religious dogma)

Albanian

1 entries
  • herezi noun (dissension from religious dogma)

Arabic

2 entries
  • بِدْعَة noun (dissension from religious dogma)
  • هَرْطَقَة noun (dissension from religious dogma)

Armenian

1 entries
  • հերետիկոսություն noun (dissension from religious dogma)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • bidət noun (dissension from religious dogma)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • бидғәт noun (dissension from religious dogma)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • е́рась noun (dissension from religious dogma)

Bengali

1 entries
  • বৈধর্ম্য noun (dissension from religious dogma)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • е́рес noun (dissension from religious dogma)

Burmese

1 entries
  • မိစ္ဆာဒိဌိ noun (dissension from religious dogma)

Catalan

2 entries
  • heretgia noun (dissension from religious dogma)
  • heretgia noun (a controversial opinion)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 異教 /异教 noun (dissension from religious dogma)
  • 異端 /异端 noun (dissension from religious dogma)
  • 邪教 noun (dissension from religious dogma)
  • 邪說 /邪说 noun (dissension from religious dogma)

Czech

3 entries
  • hereze noun (dissension from religious dogma)
  • kacířství noun (dissension from religious dogma)
  • kacířství noun (a controversial opinion)

Danish

2 entries
  • kætteri noun (dissension from religious dogma)
  • kætteri noun (a controversial opinion)

Dutch

3 entries
  • dwaalleer noun (dissension from religious dogma)
  • ketterij noun (dissension from religious dogma)
  • ketterij noun (a controversial opinion)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • herezo noun (dissension from religious dogma)

Estonian

1 entries
  • ketserlus noun (dissension from religious dogma)

Finnish

4 entries
  • harhaoppi noun (dissension from religious dogma)
  • harhaoppi noun (a controversial opinion)
  • kerettiläisyys noun (dissension from religious dogma)
  • kerettiläisyys noun (a controversial opinion)

French

2 entries
  • hérésie noun (dissension from religious dogma)
  • hérésie noun (a controversial opinion)

Galician

1 entries
  • herexía noun (dissension from religious dogma)

Georgian

2 entries
  • ერესი noun (dissension from religious dogma)
  • მწვალებლობა noun (dissension from religious dogma)

German

2 entries
  • Häresie noun (dissension from religious dogma)
  • Ketzerei noun (dissension from religious dogma)

Greek

2 entries
  • αίρεση noun (dissension from religious dogma)
  • αίρεση noun (a controversial opinion)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • כְּפִירָה noun (dissension from religious dogma)
  • מִינוּת noun (dissension from religious dogma)

Hindi

3 entries
  • अपधर्म noun (dissension from religious dogma)
  • पाखंड noun (dissension from religious dogma)
  • पाषंड noun (dissension from religious dogma)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • eretnekség noun (dissension from religious dogma)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • villutrú noun (dissension from religious dogma)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • aliran sesat noun (dissension from religious dogma)
  • bidat noun (dissension from religious dogma)

Iranian Persian

3 entries
  • بِدْعَت noun (dissension from religious dogma)
  • بِدْعَت noun (a controversial opinion)
  • هَرْطَقِه noun (dissension from religious dogma)

Irish

1 entries
  • eiriceacht noun (dissension from religious dogma)

Italian

1 entries
  • eresia noun (dissension from religious dogma)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 異端 noun (dissension from religious dogma)
  • 異端 noun (a controversial opinion)
  • 邪宗 noun (dissension from religious dogma)
  • 邪教 noun (dissension from religious dogma)

Kazakh

3 entries
  • дінбұзарлық noun (dissension from religious dogma)
  • діннен азғандық noun (dissension from religious dogma)
  • күпiрлік noun (a controversial opinion)

Khmer

1 entries
  • មិច្ឆាទិដ្ឋិ noun (dissension from religious dogma)

Korean

4 entries
  • 사교 noun (dissension from religious dogma)
  • 사종 noun (dissension from religious dogma)
  • 이단 noun (dissension from religious dogma)
  • 이단 noun (a controversial opinion)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • бидъат noun (dissension from religious dogma)
  • ересь noun (dissension from religious dogma)

Lao

1 entries
  • ມິດສາທິດຖິ noun (dissension from religious dogma)

Latin

1 entries
  • haeresis noun (dissension from religious dogma)

Latvian

1 entries
  • ķecerība noun (dissension from religious dogma)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • erezija noun (dissension from religious dogma)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • ерес noun (dissension from religious dogma)

Malay

1 entries
  • bid'ah noun (dissension from religious dogma)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • тэрс ном noun (dissension from religious dogma)

Māori

1 entries
  • heretikitanga noun (dissension from religious dogma)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries
  • heresi noun (dissension from religious dogma)
  • kjetteri noun (dissension from religious dogma)
  • kjetteri noun (a controversial opinion)
  • vranglære noun (a controversial opinion)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • heresi noun (dissension from religious dogma)
  • kjettarskap noun (dissension from religious dogma)

Occitan

1 entries
  • eretgia noun (dissension from religious dogma)

Pali

2 entries
  • micchādiṭṭhi noun (dissension from religious dogma)
  • pāsaṇḍa noun (dissension from religious dogma)

Polish

4 entries
  • bogoburstwo noun (dissension from religious dogma)
  • herezja noun (dissension from religious dogma)
  • herezja noun (a controversial opinion)
  • kacerstwo noun (dissension from religious dogma)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • heresia noun (dissension from religious dogma)
  • heresia noun (a controversial opinion)

Romanian

1 entries
  • erezie noun (dissension from religious dogma)

Russian

2 entries
  • е́ресь noun (dissension from religious dogma)
  • е́ресь noun (a controversial opinion)

Sanskrit

2 entries
  • पाषण्ड noun (dissension from religious dogma)
  • मिथ्यादृष्टि noun (dissension from religious dogma)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • jȅrēs noun (dissension from religious dogma)
  • је̏ре̄с noun (dissension from religious dogma)

Slovak

2 entries
  • heréza noun (dissension from religious dogma)
  • kacírstvo noun (dissension from religious dogma)

Slovene

1 entries
  • herezija noun (dissension from religious dogma)

Spanish

1 entries
  • herejía noun (dissension from religious dogma)

Swedish

3 entries
  • irrlära noun (a controversial opinion)
  • kätteri noun (dissension from religious dogma)
  • kätteri noun (a controversial opinion)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • erehiya noun (dissension from religious dogma)

Tajik

2 entries
  • бидъат noun (dissension from religious dogma)
  • бидъат noun (a controversial opinion)

Thai

1 entries
  • มิจฉาทิฐิ noun (dissension from religious dogma)

Turkish

3 entries
  • dalalet noun (dissension from religious dogma)
  • sapkınlık noun (dissension from religious dogma)
  • sapkınlık noun (a controversial opinion)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • bidgat noun (dissension from religious dogma)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • є́ресь noun (dissension from religious dogma)

Urdu

1 entries
  • بِدْعَت noun (dissension from religious dogma)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • بىدئەت noun (dissension from religious dogma)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • bidat noun (dissension from religious dogma)
  • bidʻat noun (dissension from religious dogma)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • dị giáo noun (dissension from religious dogma)
  • tà giáo noun (dissension from religious dogma)

Volapük

1 entries
  • häret noun (dissension from religious dogma)

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

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As for the accusations of heresy, here the evidence is much weaker.

Source: tatoeba (28175)

All this worldly wisdom was once the unamiable heresy of some wise man.

Source: tatoeba (841849)

Instead of being esteemed for these discoveries, he was sentenced to renounce them, or the opinions resulting from them, as a damnable heresy.

Source: tatoeba (1530020)

As for the accusations of heresy: here, the evidence is much weaker.

Source: tatoeba (2077731)

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