heterodox

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het⋅er⋅o⋅dox

[het-er-uh-doks]

–adjective

1.	not in accordance with established or accepted doctrines or opinions, esp. in theology; unorthodox.

2.	holding unorthodox doctrines or opinions.

Origin:
1610–20; < Gk heteródoxos of another opinion, equiv. to hetero- hetero- + dóx(a) opinion (Compare dokeîn to think, suppose) + -os adj. suffix

Related forms:

het⋅er⋅o⋅dox⋅ly, adverb

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het·er·o·dox (hět'ər-ə-dŏks')

adj.

Not in agreement with accepted beliefs, especially in church doctrine or dogma.
Holding unorthodox opinions.

[Greek heterodoxos : hetero-, hetero- + doxa, opinion (from dokein, to think; see dek- in Indo-European roots).]

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Heterodox

Het"er*o*dox\, a. [Gr. ?; ? other + ? opinion; cf. F. h['e]t['e]rodoxe.]

1. Contrary to, or differing from, some acknowledged standard, as the Bible, the creed of a church, the decree of a council, and the like; not orthodox; heretical; -- said of opinions, doctrines, books, etc., esp. upon theological subjects.

Raw and indigested, heterodox, preaching. --Strype.

2. Holding heterodox opinions, or doctrines not orthodox; heretical; -- said of persons. --Macaulay. -- Het"er*o*dox`ly, adv. -- Het"er*o*dox`ness, n.

Heterodox

Het"er*o*dox\, n. An opinion opposed to some accepted standard. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.

heterodox

1619, from Gk. heterodoxos, from heteros "the other" + doxa "opinion."

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