The word 'heretical' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when describing someone or something that goes against accepted moral beliefs, traditional doctrines, or established customs. For example, "The student's essay contained heretical ideas about the role of religion in society."
In a nation of psychiatrists and psycho-babble, such suggestions are heretical, yet one of the foremost heretics is herself a psychiatrist.
Though it feels heretical to admit it, there are some problems with Commando.
Believe it or not, his mere 6ft 6in (1.98m) actually qualifies as short in America's National Basketball Association NBAA).So let us offer a couple of heretical propositions: it is usually a disadvantage to be big; and, in any case, the best sports are those for all shapes and sizes with one in particular, we would argue, being paramount.The first heresy, admittedly, is a little tricky to prove.
There must be something more to the success of such a varied group than their skeletal and muscular inheritance.But what of our second heretical notion, that the best sports are those where bigness is less rather than more important?
Dan Brown's novel has sold well over 40m copies in 44 languages; the film version of the novel, which is being released around the world on May 19th, will reach millions more; and yet Mr Brown's message is about as heretical as you can get.
Those rich countries that spend a lot on higher education may do so for the same reasons they subsidise opera: because they like it, rather than because it makes them richer.This sounds heretical, but should not be very surprising.
His view on tax reform is heretical as well: he decries tax breaks for investment in physical capital, declaring that taxes on families should be cut instead, since families create human capital.
Mr Cook says he is thinking of working out and losing weight, just in case.Mr Giuliani's supporters say he is such a fine leader that Republicans can overlook his messy private life (he is on his third marriage, and has strained relations with his children) and heretical views on abortion, gays and guns.
To be slightly more precise: maximum achievable productivity places an upper limit on wages, but how close to achievable productivity an economy operates depends on wages.Though somewhat heretical, this is not a ridiculous assertion on its face.
