heretic
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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
Before his peers would label him a heretic, the late Bishop Carlton D. Pearson was once one of the best known preachers in the nation.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 2, 2023
The father of Tutankhamun was Akhenaten, the so-called heretic king whose reign was characterized by social, political and religious upheaval.
From New York Times • Oct. 30, 2022
The truth is that he really was a heretic and was burned for his religious beliefs; it was just unfortunate that the Copernican model got tangled up in the whole business.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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