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heterodox

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het⋅er⋅o⋅dox

  [het-er-uh-doks]
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–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.  

  1. Not in agreement with accepted beliefs, especially in church doctrine or dogma.

  2. Holding unorthodox opinions.


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

heterodox 
1619, from Gk. heterodoxos, from heteros "the other" + doxa "opinion."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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