Heretic - English meaning

noun

A person who believes that nothing is known or can be known of the existence or nature of god.

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Although not all skeptics are agnostics, as an agnostic himself dr groves sees no evidence for acce…

adjective

Relating to agnostics or agnosticism.

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So that wrestling is characteristic of my religious or agnostic poetry, but not necessarily everyth…

noun

Someone who believes that it is impossible to know whether or not god exists

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A person who renounces a religious or political belief or principle.

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After fifty years as an apostate he returned to the faith

adjective

Abandoning a religious or political belief or principle.

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An apostate roman catholic

noun

Someone who has given up their religion or left a political party

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A person who disbelieves or lacks belief in the existence of god or gods.

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He is a committed atheist

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Someone who believes that god does not exist

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Atheistic books and articles

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A person or thing that interrupts an event, activity, or process by causing a disturbance or problem.

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The film follows his evolution from hollywood star to political disruptor

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A person or thing that prevents something, especially a system, process, or event, from continuing as usual or as expected

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Endocrine/hormone disruptors, if customers talk to everybody else they get the status quo. we're th…

noun

A person who dissents.

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After all, the first amendment aims to protect the outsider, the dissenter, the protester: those wi…

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Someone who dissents

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A person who opposes official policy, especially that of an authoritarian state.

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A dissident who had been jailed by a military regime

adjective

In opposition to official policy.

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The measure was supported by dissident tories

noun

A person who strongly disagrees with and publicly criticizes a government or the official rulings of a group or organization

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Union dissidents have challenged the leadership of the current president., dissident views

noun

A person who rejects accepted opinions, especially those concerning religious belief.

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The religious freedom that enabled protestants and catholics to live in harmony made the netherland…

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Someone who forms their own opinions and beliefs, especially about religion or politics, rather than just accepting what is officially or commonly believed and taught

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A person who attacks or criticizes cherished beliefs or institutions.

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More and more, african-american iconoclasts reject victimology and embrace american possibility.

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A person who strongly opposes generally accepted beliefs and traditions

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Rogers, an iconoclast in architecture, is sometimes described as putting the insides of buildings o…

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A person who has no religious beliefs

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Someone who does not believe in the existence of a god or gods

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I prefer to call myself a nontheist rather than an atheist as it sounds less dismissive., it's diff…

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A member of a protestant church which dissents from the established church of england.

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Originally a nonconformist, he was later converted to anglo-catholicism

adjective

Relating to nonconformists or their principles and practices.

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Teetotalism was a largely nonconformist movement

noun

A person who does not live and think according to accepted customs and standards

noun

A person who deserts and betrays an organization, country, or set of principles.

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An agent who later turns out to be a renegade

adjective

Having treacherously changed allegiance.

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A renegade bodyguard

verb

Become a renegade.

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Johnson had renegaded from the confederacy

noun

A person inclined to question or doubt accepted opinions.

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This argument failed to convince the sceptics

adjective

Another term for sceptical.

noun

A person who doubts the truth or value of an idea or belief

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People say it can cure colds, but i'm a bit of a sceptic., to convince the sceptics

adjective

Characterized by or favouring schism.

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Schismatic religious movements were gaining currency

noun

(especially in the christian church) a person who promotes schism; an adherent of a schismatic group.

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If the term ‘christian’ is taken to include heretics, schismatics, and baptized apostates, it would…