heretic

(hĕr'ĭ-tĭk)
n.
A person who holds controversial opinions, especially one who publicly dissents from the officially accepted dogma of the Roman Catholic Church.

adj.
Heretical.

[Middle English heretik, from Old French heretique, from Late Latin haereticus, from Greek hairetikos, able to choose, factious, from hairetos, chosen, from haireisthai, to choose. See heresy.]

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noun

A person who dissents from the doctrine of an established church: dissenter, dissident, nonconformist, schismatic, sectarian, sectary, separationist, separatist. See religion.

IN BRIEF: One who holds opinions contrary to the recognized standards or tenets of any philosophy.

I felt like a heretic because I did not agree with the opinions of the rest of the people at the party.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - kætter
adj. - kættersk

Nederlands (Dutch)
ketter, afvallige

Français (French)
n. - hérétique
adj. - hérétique

Deutsch (German)
n. - (kath.) Kirche, Abweichler
adj. - ketzerisch, häretisch

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (θρησκ., μτφ.) αιρετικός

Italiano (Italian)
eretico

Português (Portuguese)
n. - herético (m)

Русский (Russian)
еретик, человек, не придерживающийся общепринятой точки зрения

Español (Spanish)
n. - hereje
adj. - hereje

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - kättare

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
异教徒, 异端者, 异教的, 异端的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 異教徒, 異端者
adj. - 異教的, 異端的

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 이단자, 이교도, 이설을 주장하는 사람
adj. - 이교의, 이단의, 이설의

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 異教徒, 異端者
adj. - 異教の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) المهرطق, الهرطوقي, المنشق عن عقيدة ما‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮כופר, אדם הכופר בדת‬
adj. - ‮כופר‬

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