[mass noun]belief or opinion contrary to orthodox religious (especially Christian) doctrine[count noun] (尤指与基督教相对的)异教(信仰),异端 Huss was burned for heresy. 胡斯因信仰异教而被烧死。 the doctrine was denounced as a heresy by the pope. 该信条被教皇指责为异端邪说。 ■opinion profoundly at odds with what is generally accepted 与众人观点不一的异端邪说 the heresy of being uncommitted to the right political dogma. 不接受正确的政治信条的异端邪说。 [count noun]the politician's heresies became the conventional wisdom of the day. 该政治家的异端邪说如今已成为一般人的观念。
语源
Middle English: from Old French heresie, based on Latin haeresis, from Greek hairesis 'choice' (in ecclesiastical Greek 'heretical sect'), from haireomai 'choose'