Question
What is the most likely meaning of heretics in the following sentence?
The people who left the cult were shunned by the remaining members and treated as heretics.
A. people who live by a strict set of rules and customs
B. people who constantly and habitually break the law
C. people who share a given cultural and ethnic background
D. people who reject a given set of religious beliefs and rules
The people who left the cult were shunned by the remaining members and treated as heretics.
A. people who live by a strict set of rules and customs
B. people who constantly and habitually break the law
C. people who share a given cultural and ethnic background
D. people who reject a given set of religious beliefs and rules
Answers
GPT-4o mini
The most likely meaning of "heretics" in the given sentence is:
D. people who reject a given set of religious beliefs and rules.
In this context, the term refers to individuals who have left the cult and are therefore seen as having rejected its beliefs, leading to their shunning by the remaining members.
D. people who reject a given set of religious beliefs and rules.
In this context, the term refers to individuals who have left the cult and are therefore seen as having rejected its beliefs, leading to their shunning by the remaining members.