heresy
Senso (Inglese)
- (countable, uncountable) A doctrine held by a member of a religion at variance or conflict with established religious beliefs.
- (broadly, countable, uncountable) A controversial or unorthodox opinion held by a member of a group, as in politics, philosophy or science.
Concetti
Opposto di
orthodoxy
sinonimi
false doctrine
evil ways
abjuration of one’s faith
evil course
foreign religion
bid’a
heterdoxy
Traduzioni
Frequenza
Pronunciato come (IPA)
/ˈhɛɹəsi/
Etimologia (Inglese)
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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