heretical

形容词 adj.

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Of or pertaining to heresy or heretics.
    — 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.
  2. Contrary to mainstream or accepted opinion.

词形变化

more heretical comparative most heretical superlative hæretical alternative,archaic

词源

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