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HETERODOXY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does heterodoxy mean? 

HETERODOXY (noun)
  The noun HETERODOXY has 2 senses:

1. any opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or orthodox positionplay

2. the quality of being unorthodoxplay

  Familiarity information: HETERODOXY used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HETERODOXY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Any opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or orthodox position

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

heresy; heterodoxy; unorthodoxy

Hypernyms ("heterodoxy" is a kind of...):

orientation (an integrated set of attitudes and beliefs)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "heterodoxy"):

iconoclasm (the orientation of an iconoclast)

nonconformance; nonconformism; nonconformity (a lack of orthodoxy in thoughts or beliefs)


Sense 2

Meaning:

The quality of being unorthodox

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

heterodoxy; unorthodoxy

Hypernyms ("heterodoxy" is a kind of...):

originality (the quality of being new and original (not derived from something else))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "heterodoxy"):

unconventionality (unorthodoxy by virtue of being unconventional)

nonconformity (unorthodoxy as a consequence of not conforming to expected standards or values)


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