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Definition of apostasy in English: apostasynoun əˈpɒstəsiəˈpɑstəsi mass nounThe abandonment or renunciation of a religious or political belief or principle. （对宗教信仰、政治信仰或原则的）背弃，背叛 the execution of their leader for apostasy brought widespread criticism Example sentencesExamples - On the contrary, they clearly conflict on issues of intra-group dissent such as proselytization, apostasy, heresy, and mandatory education.
- Anyone seeking to leave the movement was declared an enemy of God and threatened with death for apostasy and desertion.
- Any verbal denial of any principle of Muslim belief is considered apostasy.
- They accuse him of apostasy - the renouncement of belief.
- It is very difficult to find discussion of heresy or apostasy or even of dissent in Asian thought and literature.
- I do not accept the charge of apostasy, because I have never in my adult life affirmed any belief, and what one has not affirmed one cannot be said to have apostasized from.
- However, the reintroduction of true gospel doctrine into those periods of apostasy required a belief in continued divine revelation.
- Excommunication would mean the church is getting rid of me, but when a Catholic decides to leave, it's called apostasy.
- As the prosecutor called for the death penalty, accusing the editor of apostasy, the abandonment of the faith, the sentence appeared to have been a compromise.
- To believe something with a perfect faith, to be incapable of apostasy, is a sign of fidelity to the group and loyalty to the cause.
- The state's criminalisation of apostasy is always subject to political manipulation and indicates an absolute negation of individual rights and freedom.
- You may inform the Church that you are no longer a member by writing a letter of apostasy and sending it to the priest at the church where you were baptized.
- To return to Tom's original point: his lamenting my apostasy now implies that I once indeed had the gift of salvation.
- It's not so much God versus Satan as a war between faith and doubt, between belief and apostasy.
- He imposed quotas on imported Japanese cars and saved Detroit, though he was denounced for apostasy and heresy.
- No more death sentences for blasphemy or apostasy.
- After discovering the manipulation of my passions for political ends, I committed apostasy and left my evangelical church.
- This refrain must be one of the most lyrical expressions of political apostasy ever written.
- When lack of assent begins to appear, it may not indicate heresy or apostasy, but herald dramatic development.
- Many fear how this law [on apostasy and deviations], if passed and implemented, might be interpreted and applied by overzealous officials.
Synonyms renunciation of belief, abandonment of belief, recantation treachery, perfidy, faithlessness, disloyalty, betrayal, defection, desertion heresy rare tergiversation, recreancy
OriginMiddle English: from ecclesiastical Latin apostasia, from a late Greek alteration of Greek apostasis 'defection'. Definition of apostasy in US English: apostasynounəˈpɑstəsiəˈpästəsē The abandonment or renunciation of a religious or political belief. （对宗教信仰、政治信仰或原则的）背弃，背叛 the execution of their leader for apostasy brought widespread criticism Example sentencesExamples - He imposed quotas on imported Japanese cars and saved Detroit, though he was denounced for apostasy and heresy.
- After discovering the manipulation of my passions for political ends, I committed apostasy and left my evangelical church.
- To believe something with a perfect faith, to be incapable of apostasy, is a sign of fidelity to the group and loyalty to the cause.
- Any verbal denial of any principle of Muslim belief is considered apostasy.
- This refrain must be one of the most lyrical expressions of political apostasy ever written.
- As the prosecutor called for the death penalty, accusing the editor of apostasy, the abandonment of the faith, the sentence appeared to have been a compromise.
- The state's criminalisation of apostasy is always subject to political manipulation and indicates an absolute negation of individual rights and freedom.
- It's not so much God versus Satan as a war between faith and doubt, between belief and apostasy.
- You may inform the Church that you are no longer a member by writing a letter of apostasy and sending it to the priest at the church where you were baptized.
- When lack of assent begins to appear, it may not indicate heresy or apostasy, but herald dramatic development.
- Excommunication would mean the church is getting rid of me, but when a Catholic decides to leave, it's called apostasy.
- On the contrary, they clearly conflict on issues of intra-group dissent such as proselytization, apostasy, heresy, and mandatory education.
- I do not accept the charge of apostasy, because I have never in my adult life affirmed any belief, and what one has not affirmed one cannot be said to have apostasized from.
- They accuse him of apostasy - the renouncement of belief.
- Many fear how this law [on apostasy and deviations], if passed and implemented, might be interpreted and applied by overzealous officials.
- No more death sentences for blasphemy or apostasy.
- It is very difficult to find discussion of heresy or apostasy or even of dissent in Asian thought and literature.
- To return to Tom's original point: his lamenting my apostasy now implies that I once indeed had the gift of salvation.
- Anyone seeking to leave the movement was declared an enemy of God and threatened with death for apostasy and desertion.
- However, the reintroduction of true gospel doctrine into those periods of apostasy required a belief in continued divine revelation.
Synonyms renunciation of belief, abandonment of belief, recantation
OriginMiddle English: from ecclesiastical Latin apostasia, from a late Greek alteration of Greek apostasis ‘defection’. |