heretic
/ˈhɛɹɪtɪk/
heretic noun: someone whose beliefs are contrary to the fundamental tenets of a religion they claim to belong to.
Noun
heretic (plural heretics)
- Someone whose beliefs are contrary to the fundamental tenets of a religion they claim to belong to.
- He semeth a sysmatyke
Or els an heretike,
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- He semeth a sysmatyke
- Someone who does not conform to generally accepted beliefs or practices.
Adjective
heretic (comparative more heretic, superlative most heretic)
heretic meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
heretic in Hindi
- someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
- विधर्मी vidharmī
heretic in Tamil
- சமய பேதமுள்ளவன், மாறுபட்ட கருத்துள்ளவன்
heretic in Marathi
- विधर्मी
heretic in Urdu
- خارجی, مرتد, رافذی
More languagesFewer languages
- heretic in Bengali
- ধর্মদ্রোহী, প্রচলিত মতের বিরোধী ব্যক্তি, পাষণ্ড
- heretic in Malayalam
- പാഷണ്ഡി pāṣaṇḍi
- heretic in Kannada
- ಪಾಷಂಡಿ, ಸಂಪ್ರದಾಯ ವಿರೋಧಿ, ಒಡ್ಡುನಂಬುಗ
- heretic in Gujarati
- વિધર્મી, પાખંડવાદી
- heretic in Sanskrit
- पाषण्ड pāṣaṇḍa, श्रावण śrāvaṇa
- heretic in Tagalog
- erehe
- heretic in Arabic
- مُلْحِد mulḥid, مُلْحِدَة mulḥida
- heretic in Indonesian
- bida'ah
- heretic in Persian
- زندیک zandik, زندیق zendiq
- heretic in Vietnamese
- dị giáo
Synonyms of heretic
Antonyms
Forms of heretic
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | heretics |
| alternative form (archaic) | hæretic |
| alternative form (archaic) | heretike |
| alternative form (obsolete) | hæretick |
| alternative form (obsolete) | heretick |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more heretic |
| superlative | most heretic |
Origin of heretic
From Middle English heretyk, heretike, from Old French eretique, from Medieval Latin or Ecclesiastical Latin haereticus, from Ancient Greek αἱρετικός (hairetikós, “able to choose, factious”), itself from Ancient Greek αἱρέω (hairéō, “to choose”).
Words formed from heretic
Questions about heretic
- What does heretic mean?
- Heretic means someone whose beliefs are contrary to the fundamental tenets of a religion they claim to belong to.
- What is heretic in Hindi?
- Heretic in Hindi is विधर्मी (vidharmī). See Heretic meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is heretic?
- Heretic can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce heretic?
- Heretic is pronounced /ˈhɛɹɪtɪk/.
- What is the plural of heretic?
- The plural of heretic is heretics.
Words near heretic in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: heretic (page history and authors); heretic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); heretic (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); heretic (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Heretic (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); പാഷണ്ഡി (Malayalam) (page history and authors); heretic (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); heretic (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); पाषण्ड (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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