heterodox

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἕτεροδοξος (héterodoxos), from ἕτερος (héteros, “other, another, different”) + δόξα (dóxa, “opinion”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈhɛtɛɹədɒks/

Adjective

heterodox (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to creeds, beliefs, or teachings, especially religious ones, that are different from orthodoxy, or the norm, but not sufficiently different to be called heretical.

   The Church of Alexandria in Egypt is considered heterodox, not heretical.

Antonyms

• orthodox

Related terms

• heterodoxy
• hetero-
• heretical

Translations

of or pertaining to creeds, beliefs, or teachings that are different from the norm

• Basque: heterodoxo
• Bulgarian: неправоверен (nepravoveren), еретичен (bg) (eretičen)
• Finnish: heterodoksinen, eriuskoinen (fi)
• French: hétérodoxe (fr)
• Galician: heterodoxo m
• German: heterodox
• Greek: αλλόδοξος (el) (allódoxos)
• Irish: heitreadocsach f

• Italian: eterodosso (it), dissidente (it) m, dissenziente m, eretico (it) m, scismatico m
• Japanese: 異端な (itan na)
• Portuguese: heterodoxo (pt)
• Russian: неортодокса́льный (ru) (neortodoksálʹnyj)
• Spanish: heterodoxo (es)
• Swedish: irrlärig (sv), heterodox (sv)

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Adjective

heterodox (not comparable)

1. heterodox (deviating from some orthodoxy, whether religious or ideological)

Inflection

Inflection of heterodox
uninflected	heterodox
inflected	heterodoxe
comparative	—
		positive
predicative/adverbial		heterodox
indefinite	m./f. sing.	heterodoxe
	n. sing.	heterodox
	plural	heterodoxe
definite		heterodoxe
partitive		heterodox

Antonyms

• orthodox

Related terms

• onorthodox