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not heretical

ADJECTIVE
conventional
Synonyms
STRONGEST
rigid
WEAK
bigoted bourgeois button-down commonplace conforming conservative demure doctrinal dogmatic drippy hackneyed hidebound humdrum illiberal in rut inflexible insular isolationist lame literal moderate moral narrow narrow-minded not extreme obstinate parochial pedestrian prosaic puritanical routine rube run-of-the-mill sober solemn square stereotyped straight strait-laced strict stuffy uptight
Antonyms
WEAK
abnormal different exotic foreign irregular new original strange uncommon unconventional uncustomary unique unusual

Example Sentences

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Vegetarianism in those days was a strange if not heretical way of nourishing oneself.

From New York Times • Nov. 20, 2021

Gentle but not effeminate, questioning but not heretical, he’s a curious mediator for these women.

From Washington Post • Apr. 1, 2019

“Little Cloud is a simplified symbol of light and hope, a happy little gift,” Mr. Borkson said with an earnestness that is unusual, if not heretical, in the art world.

From New York Times • Oct. 31, 2018

It is not heretical that faith alone holds on to Christ and gives life; and yet it seems to be heresy if someone mentions it.

From An Open Letter on Translating by Mann, Gary

She never went inside a dissenting chapel, and was not heretical on any definite theological point, but the rector and she were not friends. 

From Clara Hopgood by Rutherford, Mark