"apostasy" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /əˈpɒ.stə.si/ [UK], /əˈpɔs.tə.si/ [US] Forms: apostasies [plural]
Etymology: From Latin apostasia, from Ancient Greek ἀποστασία (apostasía, “defection, revolt”), from ἀφίστημι (aphístēmi, “I withdraw, revolt”), from ἀπό (apó, “from”) + ἵστημι (hístēmi, “I stand”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|apostasia}} Latin apostasia, {{der|en|grc|ἀποστασία||defection, revolt}} Ancient Greek ἀποστασία (apostasía, “defection, revolt”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} apostasy (countable and uncountable, plural apostasies)
  1. The renunciation of a belief or set of beliefs. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: backsliding[emic]] viewpoint only> Translations (renunciation of set of beliefs): ἀποστασία (apostasía) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), رِدَّة (ridda) [feminine] (Arabic), اِرْتِدَاد (irtidād) [masculine] (Arabic), irtidad (Azerbaijani), адсту́пніцтва (adstúpnictva) [neuter] (Belarusian), отстъ́пничество (otstǎ́pničestvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), вероотстъ́пничество (verootstǎ́pničestvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), apostasia [feminine] (Catalan), 變節 (Chinese Mandarin), 变节 (biànjié) (Chinese Mandarin), 叛教 (pànjiào) (Chinese Mandarin), odpadlictví [neuter] (Czech), afvalligheid [feminine] (Dutch), luopuminen (Finnish), luopuminen uskosta (Finnish), luopumus (Finnish), apostasie [feminine] (French), განდგომილობა (gandgomiloba) (Georgian), Abtrünnigkeit [feminine] (German), 𐌰𐍆𐍃𐍄𐌰𐍃𐍃 (afstass) [feminine] (Gothic), αποστασία (apostasía) [feminine] (Greek), ridda (Hausa), aposztázia (Hungarian), murtad (Indonesian), kemurtadan (Indonesian), athchreideamh [masculine] (Irish), séanadh creidimh [masculine] (Irish), apostasia [feminine] (Italian), 背教 (haikyō) (alt: はいきょう) (Japanese), 背信 (haishin) (alt: はいしん) (Japanese), 배교 (baegyo) (alt: 背教) (Korean), иртидaд (irtidad) (Kyrgyz), apostasia [feminine] (Latin), отпадништво (otpadništvo) [neuter] (Macedonian), отстапништво (otstapništvo) [neuter] (Macedonian), apotatatanga (Maori), ngākau rere (Maori), ارتداد (ertedâd) (Persian), odstępstwo [neuter] (Polish), odszczepieństwo [neuter] (Polish), apostazja [feminine] (Polish), apostasia [feminine] (Portuguese), apostazie [feminine] (Romanian), отступни́чество (otstupníčestvo) [neuter] (Russian), отсту́пничество (otstúpničestvo) [neuter] (Russian), ridda (Somali), apostasía [feminine] (Spanish), avfall [neuter] (Swedish), apostasi [common-gender] (Swedish), иртидод (irtidod) (Tajik), irtidad (Turkish), irtidad (Turkmen), відсту́пництво (vidstúpnyctvo) [neuter] (Ukrainian), irtidod (Uzbek)
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  2. Specifically, the renunciation of one's religion or faith. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: defection, disaffection, estrangement Translations (renunciation of one's religion or faith): вераадсту́пніцтва (vjeraadstúpnictva) [neuter] (Belarusian), отстъ́пничество (otstǎ́pničestvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), вероотстъ́пничество (verootstǎ́pničestvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), apostasia [feminine] (Catalan), 叛教 (pànjiào) (Chinese Mandarin), 背教 (bèijiào) (Chinese Mandarin), afvalligheid (Dutch), geloofsafval [masculine] (Dutch), 𐌰𐍆𐍃𐍄𐌰𐍃𐍃 (afstass) [feminine] (Gothic), aposztázia (Hungarian), athchreideamh [masculine] (Irish), séanadh creidimh [masculine] (Irish), apostasia [feminine] (Italian), 背教 (haikyō) (alt: はいきょう) (Japanese), 배교 (baegyo) (alt: 背教) (Korean), отпадништво (otpadništvo) [neuter] (Macedonian), отстапништво (otstapništvo) [neuter] (Macedonian), ngākau rere (Maori), apostazja [feminine] (Polish), apostasia [feminine] (Portuguese), вероотступни́чество (verootstupníčestvo) [neuter] (Russian), отступни́чество (otstupníčestvo) [neuter] (Russian), апоста́сия (apostásija) [feminine] (Russian), àicheadh-chreidimh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), apostasía [feminine] (Spanish), avfall [neuter] (Swedish), apostasi [common-gender] (Swedish), віровідсту́пництво (virovidstúpnyctvo) [neuter] (Ukrainian)
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Derived forms: apostasize Related terms: apostate, apostatic, apostatical, apostatically, apostatise, apostatize, deconvert, thoughtcrime

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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "رِدَّة"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "irtidād",
      "sense": "renunciation of set of beliefs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "اِرْتِدَاد"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "renunciation of set of beliefs",
      "word": "irtidad"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "adstúpnictva",
      "sense": "renunciation of set of beliefs",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "адсту́пніцтва"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "otstǎ́pničestvo",
      "sense": "renunciation of set of beliefs",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "отстъ́пничество"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "verootstǎ́pničestvo",
      "sense": "renunciation of set of beliefs",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "вероотстъ́пничество"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "renunciation of set of beliefs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "apostasia"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "renunciation of set of beliefs",
      "word": "變節"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "biànjié",
      "sense": "renunciation of set of beliefs",
      "word": "变节"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "pànjiào",
      "sense": "renunciation of set of beliefs",
      "word": "叛教"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "renunciation of set of beliefs",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "odpadlictví"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "renunciation of set of beliefs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "afvalligheid"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "renunciation of set of beliefs",
      "word": "luopuminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "renunciation of set of beliefs",
      "word": "luopuminen uskosta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "renunciation of set of beliefs",
      "word": "luopumus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "renunciation of set of beliefs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "apostasie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "gandgomiloba",
      "sense": "renunciation of set of beliefs",
      "word": "განდგომილობა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "renunciation of set of beliefs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Abtrünnigkeit"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "afstass",
      "sense": "renunciation of set of beliefs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "𐌰𐍆𐍃𐍄𐌰𐍃𐍃"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "apostasía",
      "sense": "renunciation of set of beliefs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "αποστασία"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "apostasía",
      "sense": "renunciation of set of beliefs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ἀποστασία"
    },
    {
      "code": "ha",
      "lang": "Hausa",
      "sense": "renunciation of set of beliefs",
      "word": "ridda"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "renunciation of set of beliefs",
      "word": "aposztázia"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "renunciation of set of beliefs",
      "word": "murtad"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "renunciation of set of beliefs",
      "word": "kemurtadan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "renunciation of set of beliefs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "athchreideamh"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "renunciation of set of beliefs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "séanadh creidimh"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "renunciation of set of beliefs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "apostasia"
    },
    {
      "alt": "はいきょう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "haikyō",
      "sense": "renunciation of set of beliefs",
      "word": "背教"
    },
    {
      "alt": "はいしん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "haishin",
      "sense": "renunciation of set of beliefs",
      "word": "背信"
    },
    {
      "alt": "背教",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "baegyo",
      "sense": "renunciation of set of beliefs",
      "word": "배교"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "irtidad",
      "sense": "renunciation of set of beliefs",
      "word": "иртидaд"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "renunciation of set of beliefs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "apostasia"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "otpadništvo",
      "sense": "renunciation of set of beliefs",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "отпадништво"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "otstapništvo",
      "sense": "renunciation of set of beliefs",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "отстапништво"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "renunciation of set of beliefs",
      "word": "apotatatanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "renunciation of set of beliefs",
      "word": "ngākau rere"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "ertedâd",
      "sense": "renunciation of set of beliefs",
      "word": "ارتداد"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "renunciation of set of beliefs",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "odstępstwo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "renunciation of set of beliefs",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "odszczepieństwo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "renunciation of set of beliefs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "apostazja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "renunciation of set of beliefs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "apostazja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "renunciation of set of beliefs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "apostasia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "renunciation of set of beliefs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "apostazie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otstupníčestvo",
      "sense": "renunciation of set of beliefs",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "отступни́чество"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otstúpničestvo",
      "sense": "renunciation of set of beliefs",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "отсту́пничество"
    },
    {
      "code": "so",
      "lang": "Somali",
      "sense": "renunciation of set of beliefs",
      "word": "ridda"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "renunciation of set of beliefs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "apostasía"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "renunciation of set of beliefs",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "avfall"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "renunciation of set of beliefs",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "apostasi"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "irtidod",
      "sense": "renunciation of set of beliefs",
      "word": "иртидод"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "renunciation of set of beliefs",
      "word": "irtidad"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "renunciation of set of beliefs",
      "word": "irtidad"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vidstúpnyctvo",
      "sense": "renunciation of set of beliefs",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "відсту́пництво"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "renunciation of set of beliefs",
      "word": "irtidod"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "vjeraadstúpnictva",
      "sense": "renunciation of one's religion or faith",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "вераадсту́пніцтва"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "otstǎ́pničestvo",
      "sense": "renunciation of one's religion or faith",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "отстъ́пничество"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "verootstǎ́pničestvo",
      "sense": "renunciation of one's religion or faith",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "вероотстъ́пничество"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "renunciation of one's religion or faith",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "apostasia"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "pànjiào",
      "sense": "renunciation of one's religion or faith",
      "word": "叛教"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bèijiào",
      "sense": "renunciation of one's religion or faith",
      "word": "背教"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "renunciation of one's religion or faith",
      "word": "afvalligheid"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "renunciation of one's religion or faith",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "geloofsafval"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "afstass",
      "sense": "renunciation of one's religion or faith",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "𐌰𐍆𐍃𐍄𐌰𐍃𐍃"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "renunciation of one's religion or faith",
      "word": "aposztázia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "renunciation of one's religion or faith",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "athchreideamh"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "renunciation of one's religion or faith",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "séanadh creidimh"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "renunciation of one's religion or faith",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "apostasia"
    },
    {
      "alt": "はいきょう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "haikyō",
      "sense": "renunciation of one's religion or faith",
      "word": "背教"
    },
    {
      "alt": "背教",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "baegyo",
      "sense": "renunciation of one's religion or faith",
      "word": "배교"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "otpadništvo",
      "sense": "renunciation of one's religion or faith",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "отпадништво"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "otstapništvo",
      "sense": "renunciation of one's religion or faith",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "отстапништво"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "renunciation of one's religion or faith",
      "word": "ngākau rere"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "renunciation of one's religion or faith",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "apostazja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "renunciation of one's religion or faith",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "apostasia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "verootstupníčestvo",
      "sense": "renunciation of one's religion or faith",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "вероотступни́чество"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otstupníčestvo",
      "sense": "renunciation of one's religion or faith",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "отступни́чество"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "apostásija",
      "sense": "renunciation of one's religion or faith",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "апоста́сия"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "renunciation of one's religion or faith",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "àicheadh-chreidimh"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "renunciation of one's religion or faith",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "apostasía"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "renunciation of one's religion or faith",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "avfall"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "renunciation of one's religion or faith",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "apostasi"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "virovidstúpnyctvo",
      "sense": "renunciation of one's religion or faith",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "віровідсту́пництво"
    }
  ],
  "word": "apostasy"
}

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