heretic(n.)
"持有与既定或主导标准不一致的信条的人",14世纪中叶,来自古法语 eretique(14世纪,现代法语 hérétique),源自教会拉丁语 haereticus "异端的",作为名词,"异端分子",来自希腊语 hairetikos "有选择能力"(在新约中,"异端的"), hairein "拿"的动词形容词(参见 heresy)。
[T]he heretic is not an unbeliever (far from it) but rather a man who emphasizes some point of doctrine too strongly and obsessively. [Russell Kirk, "T.S. Eliot and his Age"]
“异端分子不是不信者(远非如此),而是强调某些教义过于强烈和过度的人。”[罗素·柯克(Russell Kirk),《T·S·艾略特及其时代》]
该词起源时间:14世纪中期