heretical

heretical

English

Alternative forms

• hæretical (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English, borrowed from Middle French eretical and from Medieval Latin haereticalis, from haereticus. See heretic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /həˈɹɛtɪkəl/

Adjective

heretical (comparative more heretical, superlative most heretical)

1. Of or pertaining to heresy or heretics.
2. (of ideas or views) Contrary to mainstream or accepted opinion.

   Synonym: unorthodox

Derived terms

• heretically
• hereticalness
• nonheretical
• unheretical

 

Related terms

• heresy
• heretic

Translations

of or pertaining to heresy or heretics

Bulgarian: еретичен (bg) (eretičen) Catalan: herètic (ca) Czech: kacířský m Danish: kættersk Dutch: ketters (nl) Finnish: harhaoppinen, kerettiläinen (fi), toisinajattelija (fi) French: hérétique (fr) Galician: herexe m or f German: häretisch (de) Greek: αιρετικός (el) m (airetikós) Hindi: विधर्मी (hi) (vidharmī) Irish: eiriceach, eiriciúil

Latin: haeresiacus (post-Classical), haereticālis (Mediaeval), haereticus (Ecclesiastical) Maori: heretiki Mongolian: тэрс (mn) (ters), тэрсүүд (mn) (tersüüd) Portuguese: herético (pt), herege (pt) Romanian: eretic (ro) Russian: ерети́ческий (ru) (jeretíčeskij) Slovak: kacírsky (sk), heretický Spanish: hereje (es), herético (es) Swedish: kättersk (sv), heretisk (sv) Ukrainian: єретичний m (jeretyčnyj) Volapük: (heresy) häretik, (♂♀ heretic) häretanik, (♂ heretic) hihäretanik, (♀) jihäretanik

contrary to mainstream or accepted opinion

Dutch: ketters (nl) Esperanto: hereza Finnish: harhaoppinen German: häretisch (de), ketzerisch (de) Greek: αιρετικός (el) m (airetikós) Italian: eretico (it)

Maori: heretiki Portuguese: herético (pt) Slovak: kacírsky (sk), heretický m, heretická, heretické n Spanish: herético (es) Swedish: kättersk (sv)

See also

• heterodox
• heterodoxy

Anagrams

• cheralite, etherical