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Antonyms for heretical
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  1. hereticaladjective

    Synonyms:
    unorthodox

  2. hereticaladjective

    Of or pertaining to heresy or heretics.

    Synonyms:
    unorthodox

  3. hereticaladjective

    Contrary to mainstream or accepted opinion.

    Synonyms:
    unorthodox

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. dissident, heretical, heterodoxadjective

    characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards

    Antonyms:
    orthodox

    Synonyms:
    dissident, dissentient, dissenting(a), heterodox

How to use heretical in a sentence?

  1. Elbert Hubbard:

    Truth, in its struggles for recognition, passes through four distinct stages. First, we say it is damnable, dangerous, disorderly, and will surely disrupt society. Second, we declare it is heretical, infidelic and contrary to the Bible. Third, we say it is really a matter of no importance either one way or the other. Fourth, we aver that we have always upheld it and believed it.

  2. Mark Harrison:

    Twenty years ago, this would have been heretical; finding evidence of life 3.8 billion years ago was shocking.

  3. Nadine Gordimer:

    Art is on the side of the oppressed. Think before you shudder at the simplistic dictum and its heretical definition of the freedom of art. For if art is freedom of the spirit, how can it exist within the oppressors?

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