HERETICAL Synonyms

• a person who dissents from some established policy

• characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards

• disagreeing, especially with a majority

• characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards

• related to or characterized by or given to atheism

• rejecting any belief in gods

• grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred

• characterized by profanity or cursing

• a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior

• markedly different from an accepted norm

• disagreeing, especially with a majority

• characterized by attack on established beliefs or institutions

• destructive of images used in religious worship; said of religions, such as Islam, in which the representation of living things is prohibited

• lacking piety or reverence for a god

• lacking due respect or dutifulness

• not conforming to established customs or doctrines especially in religion

• a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions)

• `Johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; `greyback' derived from their grey Confederate uniforms

• someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action

• take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance

• break with established customs

• a Communist who tries to rewrite Marxism to justify a retreat from the revolutionary position

• grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred

• of or relating to or involved in or characteristic of schism

• rejecting any belief in gods

• holding that only material phenomena can be known and knowledge of spiritual matters or ultimate causes is impossible

• denying or questioning the tenets of especially a religion