French Conversation · Level 181
15 words
French word
hérétique
Pronunciation
IPA/eʁetik/
Meaning
- adjectiveheretical
Example
Cette idée est hérétique.
This idea is heretical.
More examples
Je sais que c'est hérétique, mais ça marche parfois.
I know it's heretical, but it sometimes works.
Core concept
An idea standing outside an accepted doctrine or framework and challenging the surrounding consensus.
Common phrases
une idée hérétique
a heretical idea
Similar words
non conformiste: Disregarding the accepted norms and rules of society or a group.
provocateur: Designed to elicit a response through deliberately provocative expression or behavior.
original: Displaying unusual creativity and a genuinely new approach.
non conventionnel: Different from normal practice or commonly accepted conventions.
Definition in French
Qui s'écarte des doctrines, des usages ou des opinions admises et s'emploie aussi au sens figuré pour désigner une idée jugée non conforme.
Word origin
Hérétique came through Latin haereticus and Old French from Greek hairetikos, later taking its religious sense of departing from accepted doctrine.
Usage tips
- Hérétique has a strong religious or polemical tone in French, so non conventionnel or original often suits a neutral description better.
Other meanings
- hereticnoun
Opposites
- orthodoxeorthodoxadjective
- traditionneltraditionaladjective