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heresy  

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  • Heresy is a belief or doctrine at variance with what orthodoxy, or a dominant belief system, holds to be true. It signifies more specifically adherence to a religious opinion contrary to the doctrine of a particular religious faith. [Source: Encyclopedia of Politics and Religion; Heresy]

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