heresy
noun
[ ˈhɛrɪsi ]
• belief or opinion contrary to orthodox religious (especially Christian) doctrine.
• "Huss was burned for heresy"
Similar:
dissension,
dissent,
dissidence,
blasphemy,
nonconformity,
unorthodoxy,
heterodoxy,
apostasy,
freethinking,
schism,
faction,
scepticism,
agnosticism,
atheism,
non-theism,
non-belief,
unbelief,
idolatry,
paganism,
separatism,
sectarianism,
revisionism,
tergiversation,
recreancy,
recusancy,
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French heresie, based on Latin haeresis, from Greek hairesis ‘choice’ (in ecclesiastical Greek ‘heretical sect’), from haireomai ‘choose’.
