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

Antonyms

• orthodox

Translations

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

• Finnish: heterodoksinen, eriuskoinen (fi)
• French: hétérodoxe (fr)
• German: heterodox
• Irish: heitreadocsach f
• Italian: eterodosso, 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)