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heresy: a belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion

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incredulity collapse: doubt about the truth of something

antinomy collapse: a contradiction between two statements that seem equally reasonable

disbelief collapse

atheism collapse: a lack of belief in the existence of God or gods; the doctrine or belief that there is no God

sacrilege collapse

errancy collapse: fallibility as indicated by erring or a tendency to err; (Christianity) holding views that disagree with accepted doctrine; especially disagreement with papal infallibility; "he denies the errancy of the Catholic Church"

revisionism collapse: a moderate evolutionary form of Marxism; any dangerous departure from the teachings of Marx

agnosticism collapse: the disbelief in any claims of ultimate knowledge; a religious orientation of doubt; a denial of ultimate knowledge of the existence of God; "agnosticism holds that you can neither prove nor disprove God's existence"

pantheism collapse: the doctrine or belief that God is the universe and its phenomena (taken or conceived of as a whole) or the doctrine that regards the universe as a manifestation of God; (rare) worship that admits or tolerates all gods

oxymoron collapse: conjoining contradictory terms (as in `deafening silence')

misbelief collapse

paradox collapse: (logic) a statement that contradicts itself; "`I always lie' is a paradox because if it is true it must be false"

asymmetry collapse: (mathematics) a lack of symmetry

misinterpretation collapse: putting the wrong interpretation on; "his misinterpretation of the question caused his error"; "there was no mistaking her meaning"

self-contradiction collapse: contradicting yourself

infidelity collapse: the quality of being unfaithful

untruth collapse

misjudgment collapse

originality collapse: the quality of being new and original (not derived from something else); the ability to think and act independently

ambivalence collapse: mixed feelings or emotions

disproportion collapse: lack of proportion; imbalance among the parts of something

ambiguity collapse: unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning; an expression whose meaning cannot be determined from its context

misconstruction collapse: an ungrammatical constituent

incompatibility collapse: the quality of being unable to exist or work in congenial combination; the relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time; (immunology) the degree to which the body's immune system will try to reject foreign material (as transfused blood or transplanted tissue)

unorthodoxy collapse: the quality of being unorthodox; any opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or orthodox position

incongruity collapse: the quality of disagreeing; being unsuitable and inappropriate

sin collapse: an act that is regarded by theologians as a transgression of God's will; violent and excited activity; "they began to fight like sin"; estrangement from god; the 21st letter of the Hebrew alphabet; (Akkadian) god of the moon; counterpart of Sumerian Nanna; commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law; commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake; "I blundered during the job interview"

misapplication collapse: wrong use or application

illusion collapse: something many people believe that is false; "they have the illusion that I am very wealthy"; an erroneous mental representation

misfeasance collapse: doing a proper act in a wrongful or injurious manner

inconsistency collapse: the quality of being inconsistent and lacking a harmonious uniformity among things or parts

discredit collapse: cause to be distrusted or disbelieved; "The paper discredited the politician with its nasty commentary"; damage the reputation of; "This newspaper story discredits the politicians"

falsity collapse: the state of being false or untrue; "argument could not determine its truth or falsity"

fallacy collapse: a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning

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