heresy
Etymology
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Etymology
From Middle English heresie, from Old French heresie (modern hérésie), from Latin haeresis, from Ancient Greek αἵρεσις, from αἱρέομαι ("to take for oneself, to choose"), the middle voice of αἱρέω ("to take"), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ser-; see also Welsh herw, Ancient Greek στερέω.
Pronunciation- IPA: /ˈhɛɹəsi/
heresy
- (religion) a doctrine held by a member of a religion at variance or conflict with established religious beliefs
- 1968, History of Western Civilization, edited by Heyes, Baldwin & Cole, p.47. Macmillan. Library of Congress 67–13596
- 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.
- Synonyms: misbelief
- Antonyms: orthodoxy
- 1968, History of Western Civilization, edited by Heyes, Baldwin & Cole, p.47. Macmillan. Library of Congress 67–13596
- (by extension) A controversial or unorthodox opinion held by a member of a group, as in politics, philosophy or science.
- French: hérésie
- German: Häresie, Ketzerei
- Italian: eresia
- Portuguese: heresia
- Russian: е́ресь
- Spanish: herejía
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