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heresy

/her-uh-see/US // ˈhɛr ə si //UK // (ˈhɛrəsɪ) //

异端邪说,异端,异教,妖言惑众

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural her·e·sies.

    • : opinion or doctrine at variance with the orthodox or accepted doctrine, especially of a church or religious system.
    • : the maintaining of such an opinion or doctrine.
    • : Roman Catholic Church. the willful and persistent rejection of any article of faith by a baptized member of the church.
    • : any belief or theory that is strongly at variance with established beliefs, customs, etc.

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Examples

  • The trial in which he was convicted by the Inquisition for “vehement suspicion of heresy” exerted a chilling effect on progress in deciphering the laws governing the cosmos.

  • Yes, I know this is heresy, especially the part about investment bankers.

  • Days later, Bridenstine took this heresy further when he suggested SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket could boost humans to the Moon.

  • That might sound like heresy coming from a veteran journalist, and Cose knows it.

  • A person close to the family told the German broadcaster Deutsche Welle that he was initially arrested for heresy.

  • His move to the Tribune would be followed by a move to a suburban manse—“Heresy!”

  • A few hundred years later, Belgian cartographer Gerard Mercator was charged with heresy.

  • But by doing his job, he may have committed unforgivable heresy in a Santorum-leaning party.

  • The find led to the discovery of other similar lakes and floods, but was initially disbelieved because it was “geological heresy.”

  • Joan Boughton, a widow, was burned for heresy; said to be the first female martyr of England.

  • Probably this is due to the long association of intellectuality and science with heresy.

  • John Penry, an English controversial writer, executed for heresy against the episcopacy.

  • Constantine (the Great) called the first council of Nice to determine on the Arian heresy.

  • Third cumenical council assembled at Ephesus, to execute the decree of pope Celestine as to the heresy of Nestorius.