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HERETIC definition: 1. someone who has an opinion that is opposite to or against the official or popular opinion: 2…. Learn more.
The meaning of HERETIC is a person who differs in opinion from established religious dogma; especially : a baptized member of the Roman Catholic Church who refuses to acknowledge or accept a revealed truth. How to use heretic in a sentence.
Heretic: a professed believer who maintains religious opinions contrary to those accepted by his or her church or rejects doctrines prescribed by that church.
noun. a professed believer who maintains religious opinions contrary to those accepted by their church or rejects doctrines prescribed by that church. Synonyms: backslider, Protestant, recreant, apostate. Roman Catholic Church. a baptized Roman Catholic who willfully and persistently rejects any article of faith.
The noun heretic is mostly used in a religious context to talk about someone whose actions or beliefs act against the laws, rules, or beliefs of some specific religion. However, heretic can also be used in a non-religious way to mean "someone whose ideas go against the norm."
