HETERODOXY


Meaning of HETERODOXY in English

-sē, -si noun

Etymology: Greek heterodoxia, from heterodoxos + -ia -y

1. : the quality or state of being heterodox : departure from orthodoxy

the unbridled heterodoxy of the gay nineties — M.L.Bach

2. : a heterodox opinion or doctrine

revived the long-decaying … heterodoxy and established it as the religion of the Persian state — H.A.R.Gibb

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