| Concept: | Heterodoxy. [Sectarianism.] |
| Category: | 2. Mythological and other fabulous deities and powers |
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-nouns
heterodoxy; error; false doctrine, heresy, schism; schismaticism, schismaticalness; recusancy, backsliding, apostasy; atheism (irreligion)., bigotry (obstinacy); fanaticism, iconoclasm; hyperorthodoxy, precisianism, bibliolatry, sabbatarianism, puritanism; anthropomorphism; idolatry; superstition (credulity); dissent., sectarism, sectarianism; noncomformity; secularism; syncretism, religious sects., protestantism, Arianism, Adventism, Jansenism, Stundism, Erastianism, Calvinism, quakerism, methodism, anabaptism, Puseyism, tractarianism, ritualism, Origenism, Sabellianism, Socinianism, Deism, Theism, materialism, positivism, latitudinarianism, High Church, Low Church, Broad Church, Free Church; ultramontanism; papism, papistry; monkery; papacy; Angelicanism, Catholicism, Romanism; popery, Scarlet Lady, Church of Rome, Greek Church., paganism, heathenism, ethicism; mythology; polytheism, ditheism, tritheism; dualism; heathendom., Judaism, Gentilism, Islamism, Mohammedanism, Babism, Sufiism, Neoplatonism, Turcism, Brahimism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Sabianism, Gnosticism, Hylotheism, Mormonism; Christian Science., heretic, antichrist; pagan, heathen; painim, paynim; giaour; gentile; pantheist, polytheist; idolator., bigot (obstinacy); fanatic, abdal, iconoclast., latitudinarian, Deist, Theist, Unitarian; positivist, materialist; Homolousian, Homoousian, limitarian, theosophist, ubiquitarian; skeptic., schismatic; sectary, sectarian, sectarist; seceder, separatist, recusant, dissenter; nonconformist, nonjuror; Huguenot, Protestant; orthodox dissenter, Congregationalist, Independent; Episcopalian, Presbyterian; Lutheran, Calvinist, Methodist, Wesleyan; Ana, Baptist; Mormon, Latter-day Saint, Irvingite, Sandemanian, Glassite, Erastian; Sublapsarian, Supralapsarian; Gentoo, Antinomian, Swedenborgian; Adventist, Bible Christian, Bryanite, Brownian, Christian Scientist, Dunker, Ebionite, Eusebian; Faith Curer, Curist; Familist, Jovinianist, Libadist, Quaker, Restitutionist, Shaker, Stundist, Tunker, Catholic, Roman, Catholic, Romanist, ultramontane; Anglican, Oxford School; tractarian, Puseyite, ritualist; Puritan., Jew, Hebrew, Rabbinist, Rabbist; Babist, Motazilite, Shiah, Sunni, Wahabi, Mohammedian, Mussulman, Moslem, Muslim, Osmanli; Brahmin, Brahman; Parsee, Sufi, Buddhist; Magi, Gymnosophist, fire worshiper, Sabian, Gnostic, Sadducee, Rosicrucian
-adjectives
heterodox, heretical; unorthodox, unscriptural, uncanonical; antiscriptural, apocryphal; unchristian, antichristian; schismatic, recusant, iconoclastic; sectarian; dissenting, dissident; secular, (lay) [more]., pagan; heathen, heathenish; ethnic, ethnical; gentile, paynim; pantheistic, polytheistic., Judaical, Muslim, Brahminical, Buddhist; Romish, Protestant, Catholic, Roman Catholic., bigoted (prejudiced), (obstinate) [more]; superstitious (credulous); fanatical; idolatrous; visionary (imagainative).
-phrases
"slave to no sect" [Pope]; superstitione tollenda religio non tollitur [Cicero].
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| Antonyms: | orthodoxy |
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| Main Entry: | dissidence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | difference of opinion |
| Synonyms: | bad vibes, contention, disaccord, disagreement, discordance, disharmony, dispeace, dispute, dissension, dissent, feud, heresy, heterodoxy, misbelief, nonconformism, nonconformity, rupture, schism, sour note, strife, unorthodoxy |
| Antonyms: | agreement, harmony, peace |
| Main Entry: | heresy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unorthodox opinion, especially in religious matters |
| Synonyms: | agnosticism, apostasy, atheism, blasphemy, defection, disbelief, dissent, dissidence, divergence, error, fallacy, heterodoxy, iconoclasm, impiety, infidelity, misbelief, nonconformism, nonconformity, paganism, revisionism, schism, sectarianism, secularism, sin |
| Antonyms: | orthodoxy |
| Main Entry: | nonconformity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | belief, behavior different from most |
| Synonyms: | bohemianism, breach, contumaciousness, denial, disaffection, disagreement, disapprobation, disapproval, discordance, disobedience, dissent, eccentricity, exception, heresy, heterodoxy, iconoclasm, insubordination, lawlessness, mutinousness, negation, nonacceptance, nonagreement, noncompliance, nonconsent, objection, opposition, originality, recalcitrance, recusance, recusancy, rejection, strangeness, transgressiveness, unconventionality, uniqueness, unorthodoxy, unruliness, veto, violation |
| Antonyms: | compliance, conformity, obedience, orthodoxy |
| Main Entry: | materialism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | desire for possessions |
| Synonyms: | heterodoxy, physicism, pragmatism, utilitarianism |
| Antonyms: | spiritualism |
| Concept: | Dissent. |
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-nouns
dissent; discordance (disagreement); difference diversity of opinion., nonconformity (heterodoxy); protestantism, recusancy, schism; disaffection; secession; recantation., dissension (discord); discontent; cavilling., protest; contradiction (denial); noncompliance (rejection)., dissentient, dissenter; non-juror, non-content, nonconformist; sectary, separatist, recusant, schismatic, protestant, heretic.
-verbs
dissent, demur; call in question (doubt); differ in opinion, disagree; say no; refuse assent, refuse to admit; cavil, protest, raise one's voice against, repudiate; contradict (deny)., have no notion of, differ toto caelo; revolt at, revolt from the idea., shake the head, shrug the shoulders; look askance, look askant., secede; recant.
-adjectives
dissenting; negative; dissident, disentient; unconsenting (refusing); non-content, nonjuring; protestant, recusant; unconvinced, unconverted., unavowed, unacknowledged; out of the question., discontented; unwilling; extorted., sectarian, denominational, schismatic; heterodox; intolerant.
-adverbs
no; at variance, at issue with; under protest.
-phrases
many men many minds; quot homines tot sententiae [Terence]; tant s'en faut; il s'en faut bien.
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| Antonyms: | assent |
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