HyperDic: heresy

English > 2 senses of the word *heresy*:
NOUN	cognition	heresy, unorthodoxy, heterodoxy	any opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or orthodox position
NOUN	cognition	heresy, unorthodoxy	a belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion

heresy > pronunciation
Sounds	hheh'rahsiy
Rhymes	absorbency ... Yangtze: 255 rhymes with siy...

English > *heresy*: 2 senses > noun 1, cognition
Meaning	Any opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or orthodox position.
Synonyms	unorthodoxy, heterodoxy
Narrower	iconoclasm	The orientation of an iconoclast / iconoclast
Narrower	nonconformity, nonconformism, nonconformance	A lack of orthodoxy in thoughts or beliefs
Broader	orientation	An integrated set of attitudes and beliefs
Opposite	orthodoxy	A belief or orientation agreeing with conventional standards
Spanish	herejía, heterodoxia
Catalan	heretgia, heterodòxia
Adjectives	heretical	characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards

English > *heresy*: 2 senses > noun 2, cognition
Meaning	A belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion.
Synonym	unorthodoxy
Narrower	Albigensianism, Catharism	A Christian movement considered to be a medieval descendant of Manichaeism in southern France in the 12th and 13th centuries
	Arianism	heretical doctrine taught by Arius that asserted the radical primacy of the Father over the Son
	Docetism	The heretical doctrine (associated with the Gnostics) that Jesus had no human body and his sufferings and death on the cross were apparent rather than real
	Gnosticism	A religious orientation advocating gnosis as the way to release a person's spiritual element
	Marcionism	The Christian heresy / heresy of the 2nd and 3rd centuries that rejected the Old Testament and denied the incarnation of God in Jesus as a human
	Monophysitism	A Christian heresy / heresy of the 5th and 6th centuries that challenged the orthodox definition of the two natures (human and divine) in Jesus and instead believed there was a single divine nature
	Monothelitism	The theological doctrine that Christ had only one will even though he had two natures (human and divine)
	Nestorianism	The theological doctrine (named after Nestorius) that Christ is both the son of God and the man Jesus (which is opposed to Roman Catholic doctrine that Christ is fully God)
	Pelagianism	The theological doctrine put forward by Pelagius which denied original sin and affirmed the ability of humans to be righteous
	Zurvanism	A heretical Zoroastrian doctrine holding that Zurvan was the ultimate source of the universe and that both Ahura Mazda and Ahriman were Zurvan's offspring
	tritheism	(Christianity) the heretical belief that the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit are three separate gods
Broader	content, cognitive content, mental object	The sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned
Spanish	herejía
Adjectives	heretical	characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards

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