Tom grew up in a heretical sect.
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Heretical
//həˈɹɛtɪkəl//
Synonyms for "heretical" (152 found)
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Strong matches (45)
Related words (76)
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Adjective(1 words)
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Synonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
4 entriesderived
6 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entriesrelated to
5 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
54 translations across 28 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- еретичен adj (of or pertaining to heresy or heretics)
Catalan
1 entries- herètic adj (of or pertaining to heresy or heretics)
Czech
1 entries- kacířský adj (of or pertaining to heresy or heretics)
Danish
1 entries- kættersk adj (of or pertaining to heresy or heretics)
Dutch
2 entries- ketters adj (of or pertaining to heresy or heretics)
- ketters adj (contrary to mainstream or accepted opinion)
Esperanto
1 entries- hereza adj (contrary to mainstream or accepted opinion)
Finnish
4 entries- harhaoppinen adj (of or pertaining to heresy or heretics)
- harhaoppinen adj (contrary to mainstream or accepted opinion)
- kerettiläinen adj (of or pertaining to heresy or heretics)
- toisinajattelija adj (of or pertaining to heresy or heretics)
French
1 entries- hérétique adj (of or pertaining to heresy or heretics)
Galician
1 entries- herexe adj (of or pertaining to heresy or heretics)
German
3 entries- häretisch adj (of or pertaining to heresy or heretics)
- häretisch adj (contrary to mainstream or accepted opinion)
- ketzerisch adj (contrary to mainstream or accepted opinion)
Greek
2 entries- αιρετικός adj (of or pertaining to heresy or heretics)
- αιρετικός adj (contrary to mainstream or accepted opinion)
Hindi
1 entries- विधर्मी adj (of or pertaining to heresy or heretics)
Irish
2 entries- eiriceach adj (of or pertaining to heresy or heretics)
- eiriciúil adj (of or pertaining to heresy or heretics)
Italian
1 entries- eretico adj (contrary to mainstream or accepted opinion)
Latin
3 entries- haeresiacus adj (of or pertaining to heresy or heretics)
- haereticus adj (of or pertaining to heresy or heretics)
- haereticālis adj (of or pertaining to heresy or heretics)
Macedonian
1 entries- ере́тички adj (of or pertaining to heresy or heretics)
Mongolian
2 entries- тэрс adj (of or pertaining to heresy or heretics)
- тэрсүүд adj (of or pertaining to heresy or heretics)
Māori
2 entries- heretiki adj (of or pertaining to heresy or heretics)
- heretiki adj (contrary to mainstream or accepted opinion)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- زندیق adj (of or pertaining to heresy or heretics)
Polish
1 entries- bogoburczy adj (of or pertaining to heresy or heretics)
Portuguese
3 entries- herege adj (of or pertaining to heresy or heretics)
- herético adj (of or pertaining to heresy or heretics)
- herético adj (contrary to mainstream or accepted opinion)
Romanian
1 entries- eretic adj (of or pertaining to heresy or heretics)
Russian
1 entries- ерети́ческий adj (of or pertaining to heresy or heretics)
Slovak
4 entries- heretická adj (contrary to mainstream or accepted opinion)
- heretické adj (contrary to mainstream or accepted opinion)
- heretický adj (of or pertaining to heresy or heretics)
- heretický adj (contrary to mainstream or accepted opinion)
Spanish
3 entries- hereje adj (of or pertaining to heresy or heretics)
- herético adj (of or pertaining to heresy or heretics)
- herético adj (contrary to mainstream or accepted opinion)
Swedish
3 entries- heretisk adj (of or pertaining to heresy or heretics)
- kättersk adj (of or pertaining to heresy or heretics)
- kättersk adj (contrary to mainstream or accepted opinion)
Ukrainian
1 entries- єретичний adj (of or pertaining to heresy or heretics)
Volapük
4 entries- hihäretanik adj (of or pertaining to heresy or heretics)
- häretanik adj (of or pertaining to heresy or heretics)
- häretik adj (of or pertaining to heresy or heretics)
- jihäretanik adj (of or pertaining to heresy or heretics)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
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.
Source: wiktionary
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