'Heretic' definitions:
Definition of 'heretic'
From: WordNet
noun
A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the dogma of the Roman Catholic Church [syn: heretic, misbeliever, religious outcast]
noun
A person who holds unorthodox opinions in any field (not merely religion)
Definition of 'Heretic'
From: GCIDE
- Heretic \Her"e*tic\, n. [L. haereticus, Gr. ? able to choose, heretical, fr. ? to take, choose: cf. F. h['e]r['e]tique. See Heresy.]
- 1. One who holds to a heresy; one who believes some doctrine contrary to the established faith or prevailing religion. [1913 Webster]
- A man that is an heretic, after the first and second admonition, reject. --Titus iii. 10. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (R. C. Ch.) One who having made a profession of Christian belief, deliberately and pertinaciously refuses to believe one or more of the articles of faith "determined by the authority of the universal church." --Addis & Arnold.
- Syn: Heretic, Schismatic, Sectarian.
- Usage: A heretic is one whose errors are doctrinal, and usually of a malignant character, tending to subvert the true faith. A schismatic is one who creates a schism, or division in the church, on points of faith, discipline, practice, etc., usually for the sake of personal aggrandizement. A sectarian is one who originates or is an ardent adherent and advocate of a sect, or distinct organization, which separates from the main body of believers. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'heretic'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- Albigensian,
- antinomian,
- apostate,
- Arian,
- beatnik,
- Bohemian,
- Cathar,
- defector,
- deviant,
- deviationist,
- dissenter,
- dissident,
- Donatist,
- dropout,
- Ebionite,
- emanationist,
- Erastian,
- flower child,
- freak,
- Gnostic,
- hippie,
- hylotheist,
- iconoclast,
- infidel,
- Jansenist,
- Lollard,
- Manichaean,
- maverick,
- misbeliever,
- misfit,
- Monophysite,
- Montanist,
- nonconformist,
- nonjuror,
- original,
- pantheist,
- Pelagian,
- recreant,
- recusant,
- renegade,
- revisionist,
- Sabellian,
- schismatic,
- sectarian,
- sectary,
- separatist,
- swinger,
- ugly duckling,
- unbeliever,
- unconformist,
- Waldensian,
- Wyclifite,
- yippie