heretical

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Evolutionary theory is no longer heretical, Galileo has been issued a hall pass to heaven, and quite a few sincere if entirely inadequate apologies have been issued, mostly to people long dead.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026

That view isn’t especially heretical among some Fed watchers, given disagreements about the role the Fed’s balance sheet plays in the markets.

From Barron's • Oct. 8, 2025

For the past year, two philosophy professors have been calling around to prominent authors and public intellectuals with an unusual, perhaps heretical, proposal.

From New York Times • Jun. 13, 2024

For many Californians, especially the state’s political leaders, this is a heretical idea—like saying nobody in California’s going to surf anymore.

From Slate • Aug. 3, 2023

Arnauld’s preoccupation with the fact developed out of the great dispute over whether Jansenism, of which Arnauld was the leading light, was heretical.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton