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Meaning of Heresy | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈhɛɹəsi

Definitions

  1. A doctrine held by a member of a religion at variance or conflict with established religious beliefs.
  2. A controversial or unorthodox opinion held by a member of a group, as in politics, philosophy or science.

Equivalents

Afrikaans dwaalleer dwaallere
Беларуская ерась
Български ерес
Català heretgia
Dansk kætteri
Ελληνικά αίρεση
Esperanto herezo
Español herejía
Eesti ketserlus
Français hérésie
Gaeilge eiriceacht
हिन्दी पाखंड विधर्म
Magyar eretnekség
Bahasa Indonesia bidat
Íslenska villutrú
Italiano eresia
日本語 外道 異端 邪宗 邪教
ქართული ერესი
Қазақша дінбұзарлық
한국어 사교 사종 이단
Latina haeresis
Latviešu ķecerība
Македонски ерес
မြန်မာဘာသာ မိစ္ဆာဒိဌိ
Nederlands dwaalleer ketterij
Português heresia
Română erezie
Русский ересь
Slovenčina heréza kacírstvo
Tagalog erehiya
Türkçe dalalet sapkınlık
ئۇيغۇرچە بىدئەت
Українська єресь
اردو بدعت
Tiếng Việt dị giáo ngoại đạo tà đạo tà giáo

Examples

“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.”
“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.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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