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  • noun Plural form of heterodoxy.

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Examples

  • I think John Thune's explanation of Bob Corker's occasional heterodoxies is what they call a "Kinsley gaffe":

    The man who knew too much 2010

  • The fact that Cornell, McClintic and Macy parade their sexual heterodoxies instead of hinting discreetly at them gives "The Grand Manner" an air of contrivance that lessens its believability.

    Buffalo Gal Comes Out in A.R. Gurney's New Play 2010

  • I respect the heterodoxies of all three cities which defend the rights of other temples to their own practices and doctrines, and in truth I hope they win the day in all three cities; the result would be a federation of city-states, a Republic.

    THE HALLS OF PENTHEUS -- PART FIVE Hal Duncan 2007

  • Similarly, as much as I might extol the libertine liberalism of New Sodom, maybe there's homodoxy hidden within the heterodoxies of its temples.

    Archive 2007-04-01 Hal Duncan 2007

  • Similarly, as much as I might extol the libertine liberalism of New Sodom, maybe there's homodoxy hidden within the heterodoxies of its temples.

    THE HALLS OF PENTHEUS -- PART FIVE Hal Duncan 2007

  • But even at the time, they also have heterodoxies– law and order Scalia pushing for enforcement of procedural protections for criminal defendants or against flag burning laws; liberal lion Douglas opposing affirmative action.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Packing the Court by James MacGregor Burns: 2009

  • I respect the heterodoxies of all three cities which defend the rights of other temples to their own practices and doctrines, and in truth I hope they win the day in all three cities; the result would be a federation of city-states, a Republic.

    Archive 2007-04-01 Hal Duncan 2007

  • For a man whose heterodoxies have no doubt triggered GOP heartburn, John McCain delivered another speech yesterday on health care that offered a sophisticated set of policies that could lead to some of the most constructive changes to the system in decades.

    McCain's Progress 2008

  • Both religions were patronized by the same kings, ministers, and merchants, many of whom indulged in the same Tantric heterodoxies.

    Kashmir: The Scarred and the Beautiful Dalrymple, William 2008

  • Jinsai denied that Buddhist principles received any corroboration in any level of existence whatsoever, dismissing them as heterodoxies utterly lacking any basis in reality.

    Japanese Confucian Philosophy Tucker, John 2008

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