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heresy

noun

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A belief sharply opposed to an established doctrine or accepted view.

In that traditional workshop, using plastic was treated as heresy.

Dictionary practice example.

A teaching that sacred guidance can come from outside the founder's book is treated as heresy by elders whose established doctrine excludes all other sources.

From Belief and Self-Examination.

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