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单词 heresy
释义 her·e·sy
\ˈherəsē, -si\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: Middle English eresie, heresie, from Old French, from Late Latin haeresis, from Late Greek hairesis, from Greek, action of taking, choice, sect, from hairein to take + -sis; perhaps akin to Greek hormē assault, attack — more at serum
1.
 a. : adherence to a religious opinion that is contrary to an established dogma of a church : heterodoxy
  < was convicted of heresy … because of his belief in the preexistence of souls — H.E.Starr >
  — opposed to orthodoxy
 b. : a deliberate and obstinate denial of a revealed truth by a baptized member of the Roman Catholic Church — compare inquisition 3a
 c. : an opinion or doctrine contrary to church dogma
  < all the great heresies … in Christianity have been specifically concerned with the relationship of the Son to the Father — Weston La Barre >
2.
 a. : dissent from a dominant theory or opinion in any field
  < so much that used to be scientific heresy is now regarded as scientific truth — Elmer Davis >
  < preaching heresy to the good Jeffersonian progressives of his day — C.B.Forcey >
 b. : an opinion or doctrine contrary to the truth or to generally accepted beliefs
  < our democratic heresy which holds that … truth is to be found by majority vote — M.W.Straight >
3. : a group or school of thought centering around a particular heresy
 < favoring the German school of historians and other heresies of similar nature — A.G.Mayous >
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