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heterodox

[het-er-uh-doks] Example Sentences Origin

het·er·o·dox

[het-er-uh-doks]
adjective
1.
not in accordance with established or accepted doctrines or opinions, especially in theology; unorthodox.
2.
holding unorthodox doctrines or opinions.

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

het·er·o·dox·ly, adverb
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Heterodox is always a great word to know.
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the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
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  • This article is wonderfully complementary to this existing, largely heterodox, literature in economics.
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heterodox (ˈhɛtərəʊˌdɒks)
 
adj
1.  at variance with established, orthodox, or accepted doctrines or beliefs
2.  holding unorthodox opinions
 
[C17: from Greek heterodoxos holding another opinion, from hetero- + doxa opinion]
 
'heterodoxy
 
n

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