heterodox

English

Adjective

heterodox (not comparable)

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

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

Related terms

• heterodoxy
• hetero-
• heretical
• orthodox
• orthodoxy

Translations

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

• Finnish: heterodoksinen, eriuskoinen
• French: hétérodoxe (fr)
• German: heterodox
• Irish: heitreadocsach f
• Italian: eterodosso, dissidente (it) m, dissenziente m, eretico (it) m, scismatico m

• Portuguese: heterodoxo (pt)
• Russian: неортодоксальный (ru) (neortodoksálʹnyj)
• Spanish: heterodoxo (es)
• Swedish: irrlärig (sv), heterodox (sv)