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Word | Heterodox |
characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards / Contrary to, or differing from, some acknowledged standard, as the Bible, the creed of a church, the decree of a council, and the like / unorthodox; unconventional / not conforming with accepted or orthodox standards or beliefs. / not agreeing with established beliefs or standards, | |
Usage | ⇒ To those who upheld the belief that the earth did not move, Galileo's theory that the earth circled the sun was disturbingly heterodox. ⇒ a Christian clergyman with a very heterodox opinion on the divinity of Jesus ⇒ heterodox views |
Synonyms | dissident, heretical, unorthodox, nonconformist, sectarian, iconoclastic, apocryphal, dissenting, false, heretic, nonorthodox, schismatic, unconventional, unscriptural, dissentient, erroneous, fallacious, informal, nonconforming, pantheistic, |
Antonyms | orthodox, agnostic, devout, mainstream, nonsectarian, |
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