HERETICAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does heretical mean? 

• HERETICAL (adjective)
  The adjective HERETICAL has 1 sense:

1. characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards

  Familiarity information: HERETICAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HERETICAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards

Synonyms:

dissident; heretical; heterodox

Similar:

unorthodox (breaking with convention or tradition)

Derivation:

heresy (a belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion)

heresy (any opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or orthodox position)

 Context examples 

But Dora's aunts soon agreed to regard my aunt as an eccentric and somewhat masculine lady, with a strong understanding; and although my aunt occasionally ruffled the feathers of Dora's aunts, by expressing heretical opinions on various points of ceremony, she loved me too well not to sacrifice some of her little peculiarities to the general harmony.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)