apostate

Signification (Anglais)

Adj

Guilty of apostasy.

Noun

1. (countable) A person who has renounced a religion or faith.
2. One who, after having received sacred orders, renounces his clerical profession.
3. (broadly) One who has renounced a political party, a cause, etc.

Concepts

apostat

apostate

renégat

traitre

traître

déserteur

girouette

lâcheur

Synonymes

renegade

turncoat

traitor

recreant

deserter

backslider

defector

heretic

nonconformist

ratter

schismatic

secessionist

unfaithful

pervert

knobstick

dissident

dissenter

scab

unorthodox

schismatical

seceder

untrue

sectarian

strikebreaker

disloyal

traitorous

heretical

heterodox

iconoclast

lapsed

betrayer

Traductions

apóstata

apostata

αποστάτης

apóstata

afvallige

Abtrünniger

apòstata

afvallig

Apostat

apostaat

Abtrünnige

Renegat

rinnegato

renegado

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/əˈpɒs.teɪt/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Late Latin apostata, from Ancient Greek ἀποστάτης (apostátēs, “rebel”), from ἀφίστημι (aphístēmi, “to withdraw, revolt”), from ἀπό (apó, “from”) + ἵστημι (hístēmi, “to stand”).