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Meaning of HETERODOXY

Pronunciation:  'heturu`dâksee

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  the quality of being unorthodox
  2. [n]  any opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or orthodox position
 
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 Synonyms: heresy, unorthodoxy, unorthodoxy
 
 Antonyms: orthodoxy, orthodoxy
 
 See Also: iconoclasm, nonconformance, nonconformity, nonconformity, orientation, originality, unconventionality

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Het"er*o*dox`y\, n. [Gr. ?: cf. F.
h['e]t['e]rodoxie.]
An opinion or doctrine, or a system of doctrines, contrary to
some established standard of faith, as the Scriptures, the
creed or standards of a church, etc.; heresy. --Bp. Bull.
 

 

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