From Middle English, borrowed from Middle French eretical and from Medieval Latin haereticālis, from haereticus. See heretic.
heretical (comparative more heretical, superlative most heretical)
- Of or pertaining to heresy or heretics.
- (of ideas or views) Contrary to mainstream or accepted opinion.
- Synonym: unorthodox
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
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contrary to mainstream or accepted opinion
