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heretical

Holding an opinion at odds with what is generally accepted, especially in religion.

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Example

At the time, the scientist's heretical suggestion that the Earth orbited the Sun provoked fierce opposition from the clergy.

Synonyms

unorthodoxheterodoxiconoclastic

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