Noun heretic has 2 senses
  1. heretic, misbeliever, religious outcast - a person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the dogma of the Roman Catholic Church
    --1 is a kind of outcast, castaway, pariah, Ishmael
  2. heretic - a person who holds unorthodox opinions in any field (not merely religion)
    --2 is a kind of
    nonconformist, recusant
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