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单词 apostasy
释义 apos·ta·sy
\əˈpästəsē, -si also -ȯs-\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: Middle English apostasie, from Late Latin apostasia, from Greek, literally, revolt, defection, from aphistanai to remove, cause to revolt, from apo- + histanai to cause to stand — more at stand
1. : the renunciation of a religious faith
2. : an abandonment of what one has voluntarily professed : a total desertion or departure (as from one's principles or party)
 < apostasies of disciples who refused to accept Freud's theories — Time >
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