heterodoxy

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἑτεροδοξία (heterodoxía).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈhɛtɛɹədɒksi/

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Noun

heterodoxy (countable and uncountable, plural heterodoxies)

1. (uncountable) The quality of being heterodox.

   Antonyms: unorthodoxy; see also Thesaurus:unorthodoxy

   Antonyms: orthodoxy; see also Thesaurus:orthodoxy

2. (countable) A heterodox belief, creed, or teaching.

   Antonym: orthodoxy

   • 1902, William James, “Lectures XIV and XV: The Value of Saintliness”, in The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature […] , New York, N.Y.; London: Longmans, Green, and Co. […], →OCLC, page 337:

     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.

Descendants

• → Japanese: ヘテロドキシー (heterodokishī)

Translations

quality of being heterodox

• Bulgarian: друговерие n (drugoverie)
• Catalan: heterodòxia (ca) f
• Dutch: heterodoxie (nl), onrechtszekerheid,
• Finnish: heterodoksia, heterodoksisuus
• French: hétérodoxie (fr)
• Ido: heterodoxeso
• Irish: heitreadocsacht f
• Italian: eterodossia f
• Japanese: 異端 (ja) (itan), ヘテロドキシー (heterodokishī)
• Spanish: heterodoxia (es) f
• Swedish: irrlärighet (sv) c, heterodoxi (sv) c
• Turkish: aykırılık (tr)
• Volapük: pölalekred (vo)
• Welsh: anuniongrededd m

heterodox belief, creed, or teaching

• Bulgarian: ерес (bg) m (eres)
• Dutch: ketterij (nl), dwaalleer (nl)
• Finnish: heterodoksia, heterodoksisuus
• French: hétérodoxie (fr)
• German: Andersgläubigkeit f, Irrglaube (de) m, Heterodoxie f
• Japanese: 異端 (ja) (itan), ヘテロドキシー (heterodokishī)
• Polish: heterodoksja (pl) f
• Swedish: irrlära (sv) c, heterodoxi (sv) c
• Turkish: heterodoks (tr)