heretic

English

Alternative forms

• hæretic (archaic), hæretick (obsolete), heretick (obsolete), heretike (archaic)

Etymology

Middle English, from Old French eretique, from Medieval Latin haereticus, from Ancient Greek αἱρετικός (hairetikos, “able to choose, factious”)

Pronunciation

• (noun): (US) IPA: /ˈhɛɹɨtɪk/

Noun

heretic (plural heretics)

1. Someone who in the opinion of others believes contrary to the fundamental tenets of a religion he claims to belong to.

Translations

someone who believes contrary to fundamentals

Afrikaans: ketter (af), ketters (af) pl. Armenian: հերետիկոս (hy) (heretikos) Belarusian: ерэтык (be) (jeretýk) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 異教徒 (zh), 异教徒 (zh) (yìjiàotú), 異教者 (zh), 异教者 (zh) (yìjiàozhě) Czech: kacíř (cs) m. Dutch: ketter (nl) Esperanto: herezulo (eo) Estonian: ketser Finnish: harhaoppinen (fi), kerettiläinen (fi), toisinajattelija (fi) French: hérétique (fr) m. and f. German: Ketzer (de) m., Häretiker (de) m. Greek: αιρετικός (el) (airetikós) m.

Hungarian: eretnek (hu) Japanese: 異端者 (ja) (いたんしゃ, itansha) Norwegian: kjetter (no) m. Polish: heretyk Portuguese: herege (pt) m. Russian: еретик (ru) (jeretík) m. Serbian: krivoveran m., krivoverna f. Slovak: kacír m., kacírka f., heretik m., heretička f. Slovene: krivoverec m., krivoverka f. Spanish: hereje (es) Swedish: kättare (sv) c. Tagalog: erehe, erehe (tl) Ukrainian: єретик (uk) (jeretýk) m.

Adjective

heretic (comparative more heretic, superlative most heretic)

1. (archaic) Heretical; of or pertaining to heresy or heretics.

Antonyms

• orthodox, heterodox

Related terms

• apostate
• heresy
• heretical

Translations

heretical — see heretical

of or pertaining to heresy or heretics

Czech: kacířský (cs) m. Dutch: ketters (nl) Finnish: harhaoppinen (fi), kerettiläinen (fi), toisinajattelija (fi) French: hérétique (fr) German: häretisch (de) Greek: αιρετικός (el) (airetikós) m. Hindi: विधर्मी m.

Russian: еретический (ru) (jer'etíčeskij) Slovak: kacírsky m., kacírska f., kacírske n., heretický m., heretická, heretické n. Spanish: hereje (es), herético (es) Ukrainian: єретичний (uk) m.

Anagrams

• erethic, etheric

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Scots

Etymology

Old English see heresy.

Noun

heretic (plural heretics)

1. heretic
2. (literary style) A poet who claims to have no religion, or to disdain one.

   He's as puir as the heretic baird.