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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesapostasia
Pronunciation / Transliteration: /a.pos.taˈzi.ɐ/
"Ele foi excomungado após cometer apostasia."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The abandonment or renunciation of a religious or political belief or principle.
"His sudden conversion to a rival philosophy was viewed by his former colleagues as an act of apostasy." - 2
The total desertion of one's principles, party, or cause.
"The party leaders condemned his policy shifts as political apostasy."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the late Latin apostasia, originating from the ancient Greek apostasis meaning 'a standing away' or 'revolt', composed of apo- ('away from') and stasis ('a standing'). Entering the English language in the 14th century, it historically referred to the abandonment or renunciation of a religious faith, later extending metaphorically to political or philosophical desertion.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Apostasy" is said worldwide
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apostasie
Transliteration: /a.pɔs.ta.zi/
"Son abandon de la foi a été perçu comme une apostasie."
Apostasie
Transliteration: /apɔstaˈziː/
"Der Abfall vom Glauben wird als Apostasie bezeichnet."
apostasia
Transliteration: /a.pos.taˈzi.a/
"La sua conversione è stata considerata un atto di apostasia."
apostasía
Transliteration: /a.pos.taˈsi.a/
"La renuncia pública a sus creencias fue vista como apostasía."
apostasia
Transliteration: /a.pos.taˈzi.ɐ/
"Ele foi excomungado após cometer apostasia."
धर्मत्याग
Transliteration: dharmatyag
"धर्मत्याग को कई समाजों में गंभीर अपराध माना जाता है।"
叛教
Transliteration: pànjiào
"他的行为被指控为叛教。"
배교
Transliteration: baegyo
"그의 종교적 신념 포기는 배교로 여겨졌다."
背教
Transliteration: haikyō
"彼の信仰の放棄は背教とみなされた。"
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