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Definition: Heretical |
HereticalAdjective1. Characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "heretical" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Synonyms: HereticalSynonyms: dissident (adj), heterodox (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Error | Adjective: erroneous, untrue, false, devoid of truth, fallacious, apocryphal, unreal, ungrounded, groundless; unsubstantial; heretical; (heterodox); unsound; illogical. |
Heterodoxy | Adjective: heterodox, heretical; unorthodox, unscriptural, uncanonical; antiscriptural, apocryphal; unchristian, antichristian; schismatic, recusant, iconoclastic; sectarian; dissenting, dissident; secular; (lay). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Heretical |
| English words defined with "heretical": Adiaphorist ♦ Cacodoxical ♦ Damianist ♦ Heretically, Hereticate, Heretification, Hermogenian ♦ Sarabaite, Simonian ♦ To savor of the pan. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "heretical": Little-Endians ♦ Quintilians ♦ Zindikites. (references) |
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Civil Liberties | Iran | The Government regards the Baha'i community, whose faith originally derives from a strand of Islam, as a heretical sect, and has fueled anti-Baha'i and anti-Semitic sentiment in the country for political purposes. (references) |
China | Several hundred practitioners have been tried and convicted of crimes--including that of "using a heretical cult to disturb social order." However, the great majority of practitioners have been punished without a trial. (references) | |
Malaysia | In November 2000, the Shari'a high court in the state of Kelantan sentenced four persons to 3 years in jail for disregarding a lower court order to "recant" their allegedly heretical Islamic beliefs and "return to the true teachings of Islam." The High Court rejected their argument that Shari'a law had no jurisdiction over them because they had ceased to be Muslims. (references) | |
Economic History | Syria | A serious challenge arose in the late 1970s, however, from fundamentalist Sunni Muslims, who reject the basic values of the secular Ba'ath program and object to rule by the Alawis, whom they consider heretical. (references) |
Minorities | Bangladesh | In the past, the Ahmadiyas, whom many mainstream Muslims consider heretical, have been the target of attacks and harassment. (references) |
Political Economy | Iran | Religious minorities, particularly Baha'is--who are viewed not as a religious group, but as a heretical group and a subversive political organization--continued to suffer repression by conservative elements of the judiciary and security establishment. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Heretical" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Heretical" is used about 94 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 94 | 33,845 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
heretical | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "heretical"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | heretik (heretic, misbeliever). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | إبتداعى. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | еретически. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | kacířský, bludařský. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | ketters. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | hereza. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | harhaoppinen (heretic), kerettiläinen (heretic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | hérétique (heretic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | ketzerisch. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | αιρετικόσ (heretic, nonconformist, sectarian). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | eretnek (heretic, sectarian, sectary). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | eretico (heretic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 邪説 (heretical doctrine), 邪法 (heretical teachings, the black arts), 外" (heretical doctrine). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | 'どう (heretical doctrine), じゃほう (heretical teachings, the black arts), じゃせつ (heretical doctrine). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | farchredjaltagh (heretic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | kjettersk. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ereticalhay herege (heretic, misbestow), herético (heretic, heretofore, miscreant). (various references) eretic (heretic). (various references) еретический (heterodox, miscreant). (various references) jeretički (heterodox). (various references) herético (heretic). (various references) kättersk (heterodox, hetetical), irrlärig. (various references) inanışa ters düşen. (various references) "ретичний (heterodox). (various references) hereticaidd. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | haereticum, hereticum. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "heretical": heretically. (additional references) | |
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"Heretical" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: theretical. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "heretical" (pronounced here"tikul) |
| 7 | -er e" t i k u l | theoretical. |
| 6 | -e" t i k u l | alphabetical, antithetical. |
| 5 | -t i k u l | acoustical, analytical, apolitical, astronautical, critical, dialectical, ecclesiastical, egotistical, elliptical, fanatical, geopolitical, hypercritical, hypocritical, identical, logistical, mathematical, mystical, nonpolitical, optical, pharmaceutical, problematical, sabbatical, statistical, tactical, testicle, uncritical, vertical, viatical. |
| 4 | -i k u l | archaeological, archeological, astrological, astronomical, asymmetrical, atypical, autobiographical, bicycle, biographical, biological, biomedical, biotechnological, botanical, categorical, cervical, chronological, classical, comical, conical, cubicle, cyclical, cylindrical, cynical, dermatological, diabolical, ecological, economical, ecumenical, electrical, electrochemical, electromechanical, empirical, encyclical, epidemiological, eschatological, ethical, ethnical, evangelical, galenical, geographical, geological, geometrical, graphical, gynecological, helical, historical, hysterical, icicle, ideological, illogical, immunological, inimical, ironical, lackadaisical, lexical, liturgical, logical, lyrical, magical, mechanical, metallurgical, metaphorical, metaphysical, methodological, metrical, morphological, musical, mythological, neoclassical, neurological, nonelectrical, nonsensical, nonsurgical, nontechnical, ontological, ornithological, paradoxical, pathological, pedagogical, periodical, petrochemical, pharmacological, philosophical, phonological, physical, physiological, popsicle, preclinical, prototypical, psychical, psychological, puritanical, rabbinical, radiological, rhetorical, semiclassical, semicylindrical, semitropical, serological, sociological, spherical, stereotypical, strategical, surgical, symmetrical, technical, technological, teleological, theatrical, theological, topical, toxicological, tricycle, tropical, typographical, tyrannical, umbilical, uneconomical, unethical, untypical, vehicle, virological, whimsical, zoological. |
| 3 | -k u l | aeronautical, agrochemical, allegorical, anarchical, anatomical, ankle, anthropological, article, barnacle, biblical, bifocal, biochemical, brickle, buckle, cackle, chemical, Chronicle, chuckle, circle, clavicle, clerical, clinical, commonsensical, coracle, cortical, crackle, cuticle, cycle, debacle, diacritical, domical, ducal, encircle, epochal, equivocal, etymological, farcical, fecal, fickle, fiscal, focal, follicle, freckle, geophysical, gonococcal, grackle, grammatical, granduncle, hackle, heckle, heterocercal, hierarchical, honeysuckle, Huckle, hypothetical, impractical, jackal, knuckle, local, maniacal, matriarchal, medical, meikle, meteorological, methodical, Mickle, miracle, monocle, motorcycle, muckle, mythical, nautical, nickel, Nickle, Nicol, numerical, obstacle, Oracle, oratorical, particle, patriarchal, photochemical, pickle, pinnacle, polemical, political, pontifical, practical, pumpernickel, quizzical, radical, ramshackle, rankle, rascal, receptacle, reciprocal, recycle, ruckle, runkle, satirical, shackle, shekel, sickle, skeptical, Sokol, sparkle, speckle, spectacle, sprinkle, stickle, suckle, tabernacle, tackle, tentacle, tickle, tinkle, trickle, twinkle, typical, uncle, unequivocal, unicycle, unshackle, vocal, Winkle, wrinkle. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-h-i-l-r-t" | |
-1 letter: aetheric, hetaeric, leachier. | |
-2 letters: article, atelier, charlie, cheater, chelate, erethic, etheric, ethical, haltere, hectare, heretic, lathier, leacher, leather, recheat, recital, reteach, reticle, teacher, techier, theriac, tiercel, trachle, treacle. | |
-3 letters: achier, aether, archil, atelic, cahier, cartel, ceiler, cerate, cereal, cerite, chalet, chelae, chiral, chital, cither, citral, claret, create, ecarte, eclair, either, elater, etcher, hailer, halite, halter, healer, heater, heliac, hereat, lacier, lather, lecher, lichee, lither, rachet, recite, rectal, reheat, relace, relate, relict, retail, retial, retile, rictal, tailer, techie, tercel, thaler, thecae, thecal, thrice, tierce. | |
-4 letters: aerie, airth, aitch, alert, alter, areic, arete, ariel, artel, caret, carle, carte, cater, ceria, chair, chare, chart, cheat, cheer, chela, chert, chiel, chile, citer, clear, cleat, crate, creel, earth, eater, eclat, elate, elect, elite, erect, erica, ether, ethic, haler, hater, heart, hilar, ileac, irate, ither, lacer, laich, laith, larch, laree, latch, later, lathe, lathi, leach, leech, letch, lethe, licht, liter, lithe, litre, ratch, ratel, rathe, reach, react, recta, recti, relet, relic, relit, retch, retia, retie, tache, taler, teach, telae, telia, telic, terai, terce, theca, their, there, thirl, three, tical, tiler, trace, trail, triac, trial, trice. | |
-5 letters: ache, acre, airt, alec, alee, alit, arch, aril, care, carl, cart, cate, ceil, celt, cere, cete, char, chat, chia, chit, cire, cite, clit, each, earl, eath, eche, elhi, etch, etic, haet, hail, hair, hale, halt, hare, harl, hart, hate, heal, hear, heat, heel, heil, heir, here, herl, hila, hilt, hire, ilea, itch, lace, laic, lair, lari, late, lath, lati, lear, lech, leer, leet, lehr, liar, lice, lich, lier, lira, lire, lite, race, rail, rale, rate, rath, real, reel, rete, rhea, rial, rice, rich, riel, rile, rite, tace, tach, tael, tahr, tail, talc, tale, tali, tare, teal, tear, teel, tela, tele, thae, thee, thir, tier, tile, tire, tirl, tree. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-e-h-i-l-r-t" | |
+1 letter: hermetical, preethical. | |
+2 letters: bleacherite, chanticleer, heretically, perithecial, telegraphic, theoretical. | |
+3 letters: atheoretical, bleacherites, cartwheeling, chanticleers, dechlorinate, hermetically, interchannel, phylacteries. | |
+4 letters: candlelighter, cephalometric, dechlorinated, dechlorinates, hermeneutical, heterothallic, hypermetrical, parenthetical, petrochemical, tetrachloride, theatricalize, theoretically, untheoretical. | |
+5 letters: candlelighters, cephalometries, charitableness, cholestyramine, cholinesterase, dichloroethane, exothermically, extravehicular, herpetological, hypercatalexis, hyperexcitable, hypermetabolic, hyperrealistic, multichambered, nontheoretical, petrochemicals, stereochemical, tetrachlorides, theatricalized, theatricalizes, thermochemical. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)48 65 72 65 74 69 63 61 6C |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).... . .-. . - .. -.-. .- .-.. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001000 01100101 01110010 01100101 01110100 01101001 01100011 01100001 01101100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)H e r e t i c a l |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0048 0065 0072 0065 0074 0069 0063 0061 006C |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)427184718675696778 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Translations: Ancient 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Orthography 14. Bibliography |
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