| 单词 | heterodox |
| 释义 | heterodox (once / 8762 pages) adj Heterodox is from the Greek root words heteros, meaning "the other," and doxa, meaning "opinion." The adjective heterodox was first applied to people who held a different religious opinion from the standard beliefs and teachings. Today, although the religious meaning remains, the adjective heterodox can describe someone who adheres to any atypical beliefs, such as scientists who buck the current thinking or politicians who do not toe the party line. The word can be a synonym of heretical, which describes someone with contrary beliefs. If you are a teacher with a heterodox teaching style, you may win over students but alarm your more traditional colleagues. WORD FAMILYheterodox: heterodoxy+/heterodoxy: heterodoxies USAGE EXAMPLESDecius is a longtime conservative, though a heterodox one. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) Thiel’s politics are heterodox, but he shares with the President-elect an aversion to regulation and taxes and a skepticism about free trade. The New Yorker(Dec 11, 2016) A group of professors, frustrated by this trend, has compiled a Heterodox Academy ranking of colleges based on ideological diversity. New York Times(Nov 01, 2016) adj characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards Syn dissident, heretical unorthodox breaking with convention or tradition |
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