Synonyms for heterodox


Grammar : Adj
Spell : het-er-uh-doks
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɛt ər əˌdɒks


Définition of heterodox

Origin :
  • 1630s, from Greek heterodoxos, from heteros "the other" (see hetero-) + doxa "opinion," from dokein "to appear, seem, think" (see decent).
  • adj heretical
Example sentences :
  • As the years rolled on he became more "heterodox" than ever.
  • Extract from : « History of the Moravian Church » by J. E. Hutton
  • Emma begged her to remember her heterodox views of the education for girls.
  • Extract from : « Diana of the Crossways, Complete » by George Meredith
  • There is nothing novel nor heterodox in the notion that thinking is instrumental.
  • Extract from : « Essays in Experimental Logic » by John Dewey
  • The heterodox nature of the Russian faith is not a nullification of it.
  • Extract from : « Russia: Its People and Its Literature » by Emilia Pardo Bazán
  • This is the last fortress into which heterodox philosophy has fled.
  • Extract from : « The Catholic World. Volume III; Numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. » by E. Rameur
  • The heterodox and the so-called atheist may be trusted, at least, to tell the truth.
  • Extract from : « Ancient Faiths And Modern » by Thomas Inman
  • But the point I wish to make clear is that all these schools are heterodox.
  • Extract from : « The Churches and Modern Thought » by Philip Vivian
  • It is not only heterodox, but rationally untenable and ridiculous.
  • Extract from : « Catholic World, Vol. XIII, April to September, 1871 » by Various
  • Hence the glorious institution of the heterodox women—is it not?
  • Extract from : « Soldiers Three » by Rudyard Kipling
  • The crux of all the critics, orthodox and heterodox, is the story about the fish.
  • Extract from : « Who Wrote the Bible? » by Washington Gladden

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