heretic

Example Sentences

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This was a genius-level insight that caused Thiel to be hounded out of San Francisco as a heretic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025

And he doesn't necessarily hope to, he said, which "makes me a bit of a heretic."

From Salon • Aug. 14, 2024

Pearson was shunned by other evangelical leaders, branded a heretic and later became a United Church of Christ minister.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 20, 2023

He was greeted as a heretic, a pariah.

From Washington Post • Aug. 23, 2022

Yet Nicholas was not declared a heretic, and the church didn’t react to the new idea.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife