"heterodox" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈhɛtɛɹədɒks/ [UK]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἑτερόδοξος (heteródoxos), from ἕτερος (héteros, “other, another, different”) + δόξα (dóxa, “opinion”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*deḱ-}}, {{der|en|grc|ἑτερόδοξος}} Ancient Greek ἑτερόδοξος (heteródoxos), {{m|grc|ἕτερος||other, another, different}} ἕτερος (héteros, “other, another, different”), {{m|grc|δόξα|t=opinion}} δόξα (dóxa, “opinion”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} heterodox (not comparable)
  1. Of or pertaining to creeds, beliefs, or teachings, especially religious ones, that are different from what a religion (or sect) believes to be orthodox, but (usually) not conflicting with that religion's established beliefs and therefore not heretical. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: inorthodox, nonorthodox, unorthodox Derived forms: heterodoxly, heterodoxness Related terms: heterodoxy, hetero-, heretical, nonorthogonal, outside the box Translations (of or pertaining to creeds, beliefs, or teachings that are different from the norm): heterodoxo (Basque), неартадаксальны (njeartadaksalʹny) (Belarusian), неправоверен (nepravoveren) (Bulgarian), еретичен (eretičen) (Bulgarian), heterodox (Catalan), 異端的 (Chinese Mandarin), 异端的 (yìduān de) (Chinese Mandarin), heterodoksinen (Finnish), eriuskoinen (Finnish), hétérodoxe (French), heterodoxo [masculine] (Galician), heterodox (German), αλλόδοξος (allódoxos) (Greek), heitreadocsach [feminine] (Irish), eterodosso (Italian), dissidente [masculine] (Italian), dissenziente [masculine] (Italian), eretico [masculine] (Italian), scismatico [masculine] (Italian), 異端な (itan na) (alt: いたんな) (Japanese), այլափառ (aylapʿaṙ) (Old Armenian), heterodoxo (Portuguese), неортодокса́льный (neortodoksálʹnyj) (Russian), heterodoxo (Spanish), irrlärig (Swedish), heterodox (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-heterodox-en-adj-PUzXxATg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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