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heretic (noun):

1 religion : a person who differs in opinion from established religious dogma, especially : a baptised member of the Roman Catholic Church who refuses to acknowledge or accept a revealed truth
2: one who differs in opinion from an accepted belief or doctrine : nonconformist

Source : Merriam -Webster

Etymology : Middle English heretik, borrowed from Anglo-French & Late Latin; Anglo-French heretic, heretik, borrowed from Late Latin haereticus, hereticus, borrowed from Late Greek hairetikós, from hairetikós, adjective, "departing from dogma, heretical," going back to Greek, "able to choose, due to choice," from hairetós "that may be taken, eligible, chosen," verbal adjective of haireîn "to take, grasp, (middle voice) obtain, choose, prefer". The word has been in use since the 14th century.

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