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Pronunciation: [hˈɛtɹə͡ʊdˌɒks] (IPA)

Heterodox refers to opinions or beliefs that are different from what is usually accepted. It can also mean unorthodox or unconventional. Some synonyms for heterodox include nonconformist, dissenting, deviant, heretical and iconoclastic. Other similar words include radical, avant-garde, subversive, maverick and eccentric. Heterodoxy can be seen as a challenge to traditional or mainstream beliefs and practices. It can also be associated with intellectual curiosity and freedom of thought. As such, using synonyms for heterodox can help us to express our own unique take on issues and challenge the status quo.
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A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the opposite words for heterodox?

Heterodox represents an idea or belief that contradicts the mainstream ideology. In its antonymous form, orthodox, it represents beliefs that are widely accepted or considered conventional. While heterodoxy is associated with nonconformity, open-mindedness, and innovation, orthodox beliefs represent adherence to established traditions and preconceived notions. Other antonyms of heterodox include conformist, traditional, conservative, and conventional. While heterodoxy may pave the way for new ideas and societal change, orthodoxy can provide a sense of stability and continuity. Both heterodoxy and orthodoxy have their place in society, with their respective advantages and disadvantages.

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Usage examples for Heterodox

Yes, decidedly, but too heterodox for us."
"To-morrow?"
Victoria Cross
Muddle all one's language up until nobody has the faintest idea of what the author's sentiments are, and then they don't know whether he means anything heterodox or not.
"To-morrow?"
Victoria Cross
Such heterodox views had been expressed from the pulpit since The Gates had cast its challenge at the feet of orthodoxy that the bishops unanimously pronounced its teachings to be heretical, and forbade their adoption under divers pains and penalties.
"The Orchard of Tears"
Sax Rohmer

Famous quotes with Heterodox

  • When today Muslim goondas create a riot in Bhagalpur or in Gonda, the secularist press will obscure this beginning (in both cases bombs thrown from Muslim establishments at Hindu processions) and highlight the ensuing Hindu part of the violence. Some M.J. Akbar will poignantly describe the suffering of some Muslim villagers, and then blame the atmosphere created by the Rathyatra in some distant town, without even mentioning that the riot started with a pre-planned armed attack on a Hindu procession. (...) Not only do you gain on the propaganda front, the press may even come out in support of your demands. For some time, Muslim communalists have demanded a ban on processions. More than 95% of religious processions are Hindu processions anyway, for processions are a thoroughly Pagan practice which in Islam can only be a heterodox oddity. (...) A very good illustration is the next and very important demand of the Muslim communalists : a larger than proportionate reservation for Muslims in the army and the police...
    Koenraad Elst
  • I appeal to history. Among the generals of Washington in the Revolutionary War were Greene, Putnam, and Lee, who were of English descent; Wayne and Sullivan, who were of Irish descent; Marion, who was of French descent; Schuyler, who was of Dutch descent, and Muhlenberg and Herkimer, who were of German descent. But they were all of them Americans and nothing else, just as much as Washington. Carroll of Carrollton was a Catholic; Hancock a Protestant; Jefferson was heterodox from the standpoint of any orthodox creed; but these and all the other signers of the Declaration of Independence stood on an equality of duty and right and liberty, as Americans and nothing else.
    Theodore Roosevelt
  • The heterodox current in Judaism led by Jesus seems to have had no notion of an immortal soul, created by God and then infused into the body: immortality meant being raised from the dead in the body one had in life, then living for ever in a world without decay or corruption. In the Christian religion invented by Paul and Augustine, which was strongly influenced by Plato, immortality meant something quite different – a life out of time, enjoyed by the ‘soul’ or ‘spirit’ of the departed. How this Platonic immortality could preserve anything like the persons that once lived was not made clear.
    John Gray (philosopher)

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