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English
Etymology
From Middle English Middle French eretical Medieval Latin haereticālis haereticus heretic
Pronunciation
Adjective
heretical (comparative more heretical , superlative most heretical )
Of or pertaining to heresy or heretics .
( of ideas or views ) mainstream or accepted opinion.
Synonym: unorthodox
Derived terms
Translations
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
contrary to mainstream or accepted opinion
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