heterodoxy

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Popularly the word = heterodoxy, heresy; but theologically it is not necessarily used in a bad sense.

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  1. noun The condition or quality of being heterodox.
  2. noun A heterodox opinion or doctrine.

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  • --Sterling did look hurt at such flippant heterodoxy, for a moment. —  The Life of John Sterling
  • In the eyes of the older man such heterodoxy was for the moment indistinguishable from atheism; but he soon arrived at a better understanding of his son's position. —  Robert Louis Stevenson, A Record, An Estimate, A Memorial
  • And no historian of the United States with the same combination of intellectual heterodoxy, literary brilliance, and scholarly sweep has replaced him. —  The Chicago Blog
  • Basically, they tell Rubashov, the logical conclusion of heterodoxy is an attempt on the life of Number 1 (that's Stalin), so Rubashov must confess to this crime, which he didn't commit, because he as good as committed it. —  The Millions
  • "Orthodoxy, my Lord, is my doxy, heterodoxy is your doxy if you differ from me." —  The Narrative of a Blockade-Runner
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  1. = French hétérodoxie = Spanish Portuguese heterodoxia = Italian eterodossia, from Greek ἐτεροδοξία, error of opinion, from ἐτερόδοξος, of another opinion: see heterodox.
 

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