邪教

じゃきょう
noun
evil cult; heretical religion
1. evil cult; heretical religion; false teaching
A religion or cult regarded as wicked, false, or harmful. Used to condemn beliefs seen as dangerous, immoral, or deceptive, often in contrast to an orthodox faith.
邪教(じゃきょう)を信(しん)じる。
To believe in an evil cult.
その村(むら)は邪教(じゃきょう)に支配(しはい)されていた。
That village was controlled by an evil cult.
邪教(じゃきょう)の教(おし)えに惑(まど)わされる人(ひと)が後(あと)を絶(た)たない。
There is no end to the people who are led astray by the teachings of the evil cult.

Composed of 邪(じゃ) (wicked, evil) + 教(きょう) (teaching, religion). A strongly judgmental term used to denounce a religion or sect as false or harmful; it is the opposite of 正教(せいきょう) (orthodox faith).

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 邪教(じゃきょう)を広(ひろ)める: to spread a heretical religion
  • 邪教(じゃきょう)集団(しゅうだん): a cult group
  • 邪教(じゃきょう)にはまる: to fall into an evil cult

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 宗教(しゅうきょう): religion — neutral, general term
  • カルト: cult — modern loanword with a similar negative nuance
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