heretical

That may not sound radical to today’s feminists, but in the field of evolutionary biology, such a pronouncement has long bordered on the heretical.
Lucy Cooke’s new book ‘Bitch’ busts myths about female animals|Erika Engelhaupt|June 14, 2022|Science News
Some recruiters told would-be recruits that the state leaders had to be confronted because the state’s loyalty oath contained heretical ideas.
The Rise and Fall of a Dangerous Political Movement in Revolutionary America|Brendan McConville|September 28, 2021|Time
The idea of the Treasury borrowing hundreds of billions — or trillions — of dollars by selling long-term securities and in effect betting that interest rates will rise is heretical.
Long-term borrowing for infrastructure and other needs could be a great deal for taxpayers|Allan Sloan|July 1, 2021|Washington Post
This is a heretical view and if it were left at that, I don't think much good would come of it.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Either way, the FSA-ISIS feud got worse after the McCain visit with the Northern Storm, which ISIS viewed as a heretical act.
Obama Administration and Sotloff Family Battle Over Blame for Journalist’s Kidnapping|Josh Rogin|September 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Son of God is so awful that it borders on godless—not sinful or heretical, just lacking true Spirit.
‘Son of God’: Why Are Jesus Movies Always Lame?|Matthew Paul Turner|March 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He makes heretical suggestions about calling a “truce” in the culture wars.
GOP Still Desperate for White Knight Despite Romney’s Michigan, Arizona Wins|Michelle Cottle|February 29, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Conservatives have written the whole thing off as the heretical pursuit of the Bush administration.
The Daily Beast Recommends|The Daily Beast|March 24, 2009|DAILY BEAST
In the meantime the university had taken steps to ensure the suppression of heretical books.
A History of the Cambridge University Press|S. C. Roberts
The Sorbonne declared, in the sixteenth century, that it was heretical to say that heretics ought not to be burned.
Letters To Eugenia|Paul Henri Thiry Holbach
Thus these various national churches, all called heretical by both Greeks and Latins, continued to exist under Turkish rule.
The Cradle of Mankind|W.A. Wigram
Galling though the Irish laws were, they never went so far as to make the mere holding of heretical opinions criminal.
Is Ulster Right?|Anonymous
Massachusetts had not yet renounced her designs upon the territories of the heretical Colony.
A short history of Rhode Island|George Washington Greene

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