Synonyms for heresy
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Noun
1. Heterodoxy
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
A doctrine held by a member of a religion at variance or conflict with established religious beliefs.
Related words
- Word family
- heresiarch heretic heretical
- Other spellings
- hæresy
Forms
- Plural
- heresies → heterodoxies, unorthodoxies, schisms, errors…
Example sentences
- error He looked over the text, but overlooked the error.
- schism The community underwent a schism.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| heresy | steady | |
| heterodoxy | rising | |
| unorthodoxy | falling | |
| error | steady | |
| schism | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- error2
- 6 letters
- schism2
- 9 letters
- misbelief
- 10 letters
- dissidence3, heterodoxy5
- 11 letters
- unorthodoxy
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (error2 = 2 syllables).