heresy

heresy
[ˈhɛrɪsi]
(pl. -ies)
  1. [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
  1. Middle English: from Old French heresie, based on Latin haeresis, from Greek hairesis 'choice' (in ecclesiastical Greek 'heretical sect'), from haireomai 'choose'
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