APOSTASIES Synonyms: 30 Similar and Opposite Words

apostasies

noun

plural of apostasy

as in schisms

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Noun

As the country heads toward a national election, the leader once celebrated as a healer is now viewed by critics as the main driver of these schisms.

— Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 31 May 2026
Given the schisms, some in the GOP believe only a single party-line bill may end up passing before November.

— Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 9 Apr. 2026

Definition of schisms

Noun

Understanding vicious cycles and logical fallacies.

— Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 4 May 2026
While counting the president’s fallacies has become routine, the ideological subservience of his senior-most cabinet members and advisors this term has given the public reason to second-guess statements and data issued by them or their offices.

— Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 6 Apr. 2026

Definition of fallacies

Noun

To maximize their chances to claim the Senate, Democrats want to keep Maine in play, and there’s no indication yet that stories about Platner’s infidelities or his tattoo of a Nazi image are destroying his candidacy.

— Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 10 June 2026
Around that time is when Epstein learned about Gates' infidelities.

— Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 10 June 2026

Definition of infidelities

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Our new middle grade novel, Roxie in Color, helps dispel some of the misconceptions about people who are blind by offering an authentic portrayal of what life is like for a 12-year-old girl with blind parents.

— Diane Debrovner, PEOPLE, 1 July 2026
Attorney Al Watkins, who represented the McCloskeys during the early stages of the controversy, said one of the biggest misconceptions about the case is what triggered the confrontation in the first place.

— Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 28 June 2026

Definition of misconceptions

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Its members celebrate the ancient Latin Mass and have accused the modern church of being rife with heresies and errors.

— ABC News, ABC News, 30 June 2026
His campaign is gaining momentum at a time when many of the administration’s steadfast Christian backers—alarmed by the president’s bullying campaign against Pope Leo XIV in recent weeks, among other heresies—have been rethinking their support.

— Elizabeth Bruenig, The Atlantic, 24 Apr. 2026

Definition of heresies

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In the book, the Senator is a man — Paul Thurman — but Yost previously confirmed that the show makes significant deviations from the source material.

— Katie Mannion, PEOPLE, 3 July 2026
The Air units appear in an even darker black than the Fragment edition, and the only deviations in color arrive in the form of white branding on the insole and within the negative space created by the Air outsole.

— Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 30 June 2026

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