How do you pronounce heretical?

The recorded pronunciation is /həˈɹɛtɪkəl/.

Where does heretical come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

heretical

/həˈɹɛtɪkəl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.85 in modern English

Syllables: hereti-cal
IPA: /həˈɹɛtɪkəl/

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Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to heresy or heretics.

adj

Contrary to mainstream or accepted opinion.

Example Sentences

"At least as Auxentius reports him in the covering letter which precedes Ulfila’s confession, he is as vehement in his opposition to what he sees as heretical alternatives to his own form of belief as most other participants in the controversies of the time. Heretics are not Christians but antichrists. Homoousians, Homoiousians, and Macedonians are all included in this blanket condemnation."

Etymology

From Middle English, borrowed from Middle French eretical and from Medieval Latin haereticālis, from haereticus, equivalent to heretic + -al. See heretic.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: -, haereticālis

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Religion.

Inflected Forms

more heretical (comparative) most heretical (superlative) hæretical (alternative, archaic)

Derived Forms

antiheretical heretically hereticalness nonheretical unheretical

Phrases

arch-heretical

Frequently Paired Words

heresy heretic heterodox heterodoxy

Synonyms

unorthodox dissident heterodox

Rhymes With

theoretical alphabetical antithetical poetical parenthetical