| English noun: heresy | 
| 1. | heresy (cognition) any opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or orthodox position | 
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 | Synonyms | heterodoxy, unorthodoxy | 
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 | Broader (hypernym) | orientation | 
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 | Narrower (hyponym) | iconoclasm, nonconformance, nonconformism, nonconformity | 
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 | Antonyms | orthodoxy | 
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| 2. | heresy (cognition) a belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion | 
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 | Synonyms | unorthodoxy | 
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 | Broader (hypernym) | cognitive content, content, mental object | 
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 | Narrower (hyponym) | Albigensianism, Arianism, Catharism, Docetism, Gnosticism, Marcionism, Monophysitism, Monothelitism, Nestorianism, Pelagianism, tritheism, Zurvanism | 
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