heterodoxy

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἑτεροδοξία.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈhɛtɛɹədɒksi/

Noun

heterodoxy (plural heterodoxies)

1. The quality of being heterodox.
2. A heterodox belief, creed, or teaching.
   • 1902, William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience, Folio Society 2008, p. 288:

     A genuine first-hand religious experience like this is bound to be a heterodoxy to its witnesses, the prophet appearing as a mere lonely madman.

Antonyms

• orthodoxy

Translations

the quality of being heterodox

• Dutch: heterodoxie (nl), onrechtszekerheid (nl),
• Ido: heterodoxeso (io)
• Irish: heitreadocsacht (ga) f
• Italian: eterodossia (it) f

• Swedish: irrlärighet (sv) c, heterodoxi (sv) c
• Turkish: aykırılık (tr)
• Volapük: pölalekred (vo)

a heterodox belief, creed, or teaching

• Dutch: ketterij (nl),dwaalleer (nl)
• German: Andersgläubigkeit (de) f, Irrglaube (de) m

• Swedish: irrlära (sv) c, heterodoxi (sv) c
• Turkish: heterodoks (tr)