heterodox

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Of or pertaining to creeds, beliefs, or teachings, especially religious ones, that are different from what a religion (or sect) believes to be orthodox, but (usually) not conflicting with that religion's established beliefs and therefore not heretical.

/ˈhɛt.(ə.)ɹəˌdɒks/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-heterodox.wav /ˈhɛt.ɚ.əˌdɑks/

heterodox

From Ancient Greek ἑτερόδοξος (heteródoxos), from ἕτερος (héteros, “other, another, different”) + δόξα (dóxa, “opinion”).

inorthodox nonorthodox unorthodox

orthodox homodox

heterodoxy hetero- heretical nonorthogonal outside the box

heterodoxly heterodoxness heterodoxic heterodoxical

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