heresy

Significat (Anglès)

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

Conceptes

heterodòxia

Oposat a
orthodoxy
Freqüència

C2
Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/ˈhɛɹəsi/
Etimologia (Anglès)

In summary

From Middle English heresie, from Old French heresie (modern hérésie), from Latin haeresis, from Ancient Greek αἵρεσις (haíresis, “choice, system of principles”), from αἱρέομαι (hairéomai, “to take for oneself, to choose”), the middle voice of αἱρέω (hairéō, “to take”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ser-; see also Welsh herw (“theft, raid”), Ancient Greek στερέω (steréō, “to deprive of”).

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