heresy

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• /ˈhɛɹəsi/
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From Middle English heresie (Middle English her(esie) + -esy), from Old French heresie (modern hérésie), from Latin haeresis, from Ancient Greek αἵρεσις (haíresis, “choice, system of principles”), from αἱρέομαι (hairéomai, “to take for oneself, to choose”), the middle voice of αἱρέω (hairéō, “to take”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ser-; see also Welsh herw (“theft, raid”), Ancient Greek στερέω (steréō, “to deprive of”). Displaced native Old English dwild.

125 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: kettery — dissension from religious dogma
• Afrikaans: dwaalleer — dissension from religious dogma
• Afrikaans: dwaallere — dissension from religious dogma
• Albanian: herezi — dissension from religious dogma
• Arabic: هَرْطَقَة (harṭaqa) — dissension from religious dogma
• Arabic: بِدْعَة (bidʕa) — dissension from religious dogma
• Armenian: հերետիկոսություն (heretikosutʻyun) — dissension from religious dogma
• Azerbaijani: bidət — dissension from religious dogma
• Bashkir: бидғәт (bidğət) — dissension from religious dogma
• Belarusian: е́рась (jérasʹ) — dissension from religious dogma
• Bengali: বৈধর্ম্য (bōidhormmo) — dissension from religious dogma
• Bulgarian: е́рес (éres) — dissension from religious dogma
• Burmese: မိစ္ဆာဒိဌိ (michcadi.hti.) — dissension from religious dogma
• Catalan: heretgia — dissension from religious dogma
• Chinese Mandarin: 異端 /异端 (yìduān) — dissension from religious dogma
• Chinese Mandarin: 邪說 /邪说 (xiéshuō) — dissension from religious dogma
• Chinese Mandarin: 異教 /异教 (yìjiào) — dissension from religious dogma
• Chinese Mandarin: 邪教 (xiéjiào) — dissension from religious dogma
• Czech: kacířství — dissension from religious dogma
• Czech: hereze — dissension from religious dogma
• Danish: kætteri — dissension from religious dogma
• Dutch: dwaalleer — dissension from religious dogma
• Dutch: ketterij — dissension from religious dogma
• Esperanto: herezo — dissension from religious dogma
• Estonian: ketserlus — dissension from religious dogma
• Finnish: harhaoppi — dissension from religious dogma
• Finnish: vääräoppisuus — dissension from religious dogma
• Finnish: vääräuskoisuus — dissension from religious dogma
• Finnish: kerettiläisyys — dissension from religious dogma
• French: hérésie — dissension from religious dogma
• Galician: herexía — dissension from religious dogma
• Georgian: ერესი (eresi) — dissension from religious dogma
• Georgian: მწვალებლობა (mc̣valebloba) — dissension from religious dogma
• German: Häresie — dissension from religious dogma
• German: Ketzerei — dissension from religious dogma
• Greek: αίρεση (aíresi) — dissension from religious dogma
• Hebrew: כְּפִירָה (kfirá) — dissension from religious dogma
• Hebrew: מִינוּת (minút) — dissension from religious dogma
• Hindi: अपधर्म (apdharm) — dissension from religious dogma
• Hindi: पाषंड (pāṣaṇḍ) — dissension from religious dogma
• Hindi: पाखंड (pākhaṇḍ) — dissension from religious dogma
• Hungarian: eretnekség — dissension from religious dogma
• Icelandic: villutrú — dissension from religious dogma
• Indonesian: bidat — dissension from religious dogma
• Indonesian: aliran sesat — dissension from religious dogma
• Irish: eiriceacht — dissension from religious dogma
• Italian: eresia — dissension from religious dogma
• Japanese: 異端 (itan) — dissension from religious dogma
• Japanese: 邪教 (jakyō) — dissension from religious dogma
• Japanese: 邪宗 (jashū) — dissension from religious dogma
• Kazakh: дінбұзарлық (dınbūzarlyq) — dissension from religious dogma
• Kazakh: діннен азғандық (dınnen azğandyq) — dissension from religious dogma
• Khmer: មិច្ឆាទិដ្ឋិ (micchaatɨttheʼ) — dissension from religious dogma
• Korean: 이단 (idan) — dissension from religious dogma
• Korean: 사교 (sagyo) — dissension from religious dogma
• Korean: 사종 (sajong) — dissension from religious dogma
• Kyrgyz: ересь (yeres) — dissension from religious dogma
• Kyrgyz: бидъат (bidat) — dissension from religious dogma
• Lao: ມິດສາທິດຖິ (mit sā thit thi) — dissension from religious dogma
• Latin: haeresis — dissension from religious dogma
• Latvian: ķecerība — dissension from religious dogma
• Lithuanian: erezija — dissension from religious dogma
• Macedonian: ерес (eres) — dissension from religious dogma
• Malay: bid'ah — dissension from religious dogma
• Māori: heretikitanga — dissension from religious dogma
• Mongolian: тэрс ном (ters nom) — dissension from religious dogma
• Norwegian Bokmål: kjetteri — dissension from religious dogma
• Norwegian Bokmål: heresi — dissension from religious dogma
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kjettarskap — dissension from religious dogma
• Norwegian Nynorsk: heresi — dissension from religious dogma
• Occitan: eretgia — dissension from religious dogma
• Pali: pāsaṇḍa — dissension from religious dogma
• Pali: micchādiṭṭhi — dissension from religious dogma
• Iranian Persian: بِدْعَت (bed'at) — dissension from religious dogma
• Iranian Persian: هَرْطَقِه (hartaġe) — dissension from religious dogma
• Polish: herezja — dissension from religious dogma
• Polish: kacerstwo — dissension from religious dogma
• Polish: bogoburstwo — dissension from religious dogma
• Portuguese: heresia — dissension from religious dogma
• Romanian: erezie — dissension from religious dogma
• Russian: е́ресь (jéresʹ) — dissension from religious dogma
• Sanskrit: मिथ्यादृष्टि (mithyādṛṣṭi) — dissension from religious dogma
• Sanskrit: पाषण्ड (pāṣaṇḍa) — dissension from religious dogma
• Serbo-Croatian: је̏ре̄с — dissension from religious dogma
• Serbo-Croatian: jȅrēs — dissension from religious dogma
• Slovak: heréza — dissension from religious dogma
• Slovak: kacírstvo — dissension from religious dogma
• Slovene: herezija — dissension from religious dogma
• Spanish: herejía — dissension from religious dogma
• Swedish: kätteri — dissension from religious dogma
• Tagalog: erehiya — dissension from religious dogma
• Tajik: бидъат (bid'at) — dissension from religious dogma
• Thai: มิจฉาทิฐิ (mít-chǎa-tít-tì) — dissension from religious dogma
• Turkish: dalalet — dissension from religious dogma
• Turkish: sapkınlık — dissension from religious dogma
• Turkmen: bidgat — dissension from religious dogma
• Ukrainian: є́ресь (jéresʹ) — dissension from religious dogma
• Urdu: بِدْعَت (bid'at) — dissension from religious dogma
• Uyghur: بىدئەت (bid'et) — dissension from religious dogma
• Uzbek: bidʻat — dissension from religious dogma
• Uzbek: bidat — dissension from religious dogma
• Vietnamese: dị giáo — dissension from religious dogma
• Vietnamese: tà giáo — dissension from religious dogma
• Volapük: häret — dissension from religious dogma
• Catalan: heretgia — a controversial opinion
• Czech: kacířství — a controversial opinion
• Danish: kætteri — a controversial opinion
• Dutch: ketterij — a controversial opinion
• Finnish: harhaoppi — a controversial opinion
• Finnish: kerettiläisyys — a controversial opinion
• French: hérésie — a controversial opinion
• Greek: αίρεση (aíresi) — a controversial opinion
• Japanese: 異端 (itan) — a controversial opinion
• Kazakh: күпiрлік (küpirlık) — a controversial opinion
• Korean: 이단 (idan) — a controversial opinion
• Norwegian Bokmål: kjetteri — a controversial opinion
• Norwegian Bokmål: vranglære — a controversial opinion
• Iranian Persian: بِدْعَت (bed'at) — a controversial opinion
• Polish: herezja — a controversial opinion
• Portuguese: heresia — a controversial opinion
• Russian: е́ресь (jéresʹ) — a controversial opinion
• Swedish: kätteri — a controversial opinion
• Swedish: irrlära — a controversial opinion
• Tajik: бидъат (bid'at) — a controversial opinion
• Turkish: sapkınlık — a controversial opinion