heretical

English

Alternative forms

• hæretical (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English, borrowed from Middle French eretical and from Medieval Latin haereticālis, 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

• arch-heretical
• 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 (cs) m
• Danish: kættersk
• Dutch: ketters (nl)
• Finnish: harhaoppinen, kerettiläinen (fi), toisinajattelija (fi)
• French: hérétique (fr)
• Galician: herexe (gl) 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)
• Macedonian: ере́тички (erétički)
• Maori: heretiki
• Mongolian: тэрс (mn) (ters), тэрсүүд (mn) (tersüüd)
• Polish: bogoburczy
• 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