heterodoxadj.n.
/ˈhɛtərədɒks/ A. adj.
1. Of doctrines, opinions, etc.: Not in accordance with established doctrines or opinions, or those generally recognized as right or ‘orthodox’:
a. originally in religion and theology.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > heterodoxy > [adjective]
unorthodox1629
heterodox1650
heterodoxous1650
heterodoxical1651
heterodoxal1655
cacodoxical1693
cacodox1716
cacodoxian1716
1650 J. Row & J. Row Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1842) 354 Christ's locall descending to hell, and divers others heterodoxe doctrines.
1651 R. Baxter Plain Script. Proof Infants Church-membership & Baptism 294 I shall first shew you the Heterodox Opinion, And then that which I take to be the Orthodox.
1686 R. Parr Life J. Usher 15 Articles..Heterodox to the Doctrine and Articles of the Church of England.
1825 T. B. Macaulay Milton in Edinb. Rev. Aug. 305 Some of the heterodox opinions which he avows..particularly his Arianism.
b. generally.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > error in belief or opinion > [adjective]
falsec1175
ungroundedc1380
ungroundable1395
erroneousc1400
wrongc1400
rotten1529
mistaken1540
sinistral1542
sinistrous1562
errorful1570
unsolid1593
unsound1595
misgrounded1606
mistaking1631
errorous1633
unbottomed1641
erratile1652
heterodox1654
unbased1860
misfelt1935
fuzzy1937
flaky1972
the mind > mental capacity > belief > school of thought > [adjective] > accepted, orthodox > not
unsound1595
heterodox1654
1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 210 That the name of any other Author, or Philosophy, seemeth Heterodoxe without examination.
1700 T. Brown Amusem. Serious & Comical iii. 24 Some call it Over-witting those they deal with, but that's generally denied as a Heterodox Definition.
1859 W. Collins Queen of Hearts I. 20 The Major..held some strangely heterodox opinions on the modern education of girls.
2. Of persons: Holding opinions not in accord with some acknowledged standard:
a. in theology.
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1735 J. Atkins Voy. Guinea 20 The Eastern Sages..teach the Heterodox a Lesson of Humility.
1842 E. B. Pusey Crisis Eng. Church 96 We cannot treat the Orthodox Greek Church, at once as orthodox and heterodox.
1875 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. III. xviii. 177 Admissions which recommended him to neither the orthodox nor the heterodox.
b. in other matters of belief or opinion.
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the mind > mental capacity > belief > school of thought > [adjective] > holding accepted beliefs > not
unsound1597
inorthodox1657
heterodox1658
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > error in belief or opinion > [adjective] > erring in opinion or belief
mislevingc1390
erroneous1512
mismeaning1532
errorious1543
wide1547
deceived1569
errant1609
mislearned1642
pseudodoxalc1648
pseudodox1650
vicious1657
heterodox1658
1658 G. Starkey Natures Explic. 18 Whosoever should dare to swarve from these [Galen and Aristotle]..being looked upon as Heterodox, was the object of scorn and derision.
1. An opinion not in accord with that which is generally accepted as true or correct; a heterodox opinion.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > heterodoxy > [noun] > instance
heterodox1619
heterodoxy1652
1619 Balcanqual's Let. fr. Syn. of Dort in Hales' Rem. (1673) 524 Upon Tuesday..the Canons of the first and second Article..were approved, except the last of the second Article..and the second heterodox in that same Article.
1619 Balcanqual's Let. fr. Syn. of Dort in Hales' Rem. (1673) 524 On Thursday morning..it was reasoned whether that last heterodox should be retained.
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica ii. iii. 66 Not onely a simple Heterodox, but a very hard Paradox, it will seeme, and of great absurdity unto obstinate eares. View more context for this quotation
1691 W. Nicholls Answer Naked Gospel 105 These and many more are the Heterodoxes of his Books.
2. A heterodox person. rare.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > heterodoxy > [noun] > person
heterodox1647
1647 J. Trapp Comm. Evangelists & Acts (Matt. vii. 18) Heretics, then, and heterodoxes are not good honest men, as the vulgar counts them.
Derivatives
ˈheterodoxly adv. in a heterodox way.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > heterodoxy > [adverb]
heterodoxly1674
1674 C. Ellis Vanity of Scoffing 9 A thing so heterodoxly yet so magisterially asserted.
1698 R. Ferguson View of Ecclesiastick in Socks & Buskins 10 These who have either unthinkingly, or Heterodoxly imbibed his notions.
ˈheterodoxness n. heterodox quality or character.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > heterodoxy > [noun]
heterodoxy1659
heterodoxness1664
unorthodoxy1701
cacodoxy1864
1664 H. More Apol. in Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 501 What Error or Heterodoxness in avowing it perfectly Celestial and Æthereal?
1664 H. More Apol. in Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 523 The speaking of two persons thus in Christ..seemed to administer some scruple of Heterodoxness to some.
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