apostate

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

Guilty of apostasy.

Noun

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

Concepten

afvallige

afvallig

apostaat

geloofsverzaker

dwaalgeest

renegaat

Synoniemen

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

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/əˈpɒs.teɪt/

Etymologie (Engels)

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