Dictionary

heterodox en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈhɛt.(ə.)ɹəˌdɒks/ (UK)
• /ˈhɛt.ɚ.əˌdɑks/ (US)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἑτερόδοξος (heteródoxos), from ἕτερος (héteros, “other, another, different”) + δόξα (dóxa, “opinion”).

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) 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.
   • [Podcast host] Mr. [Joe] Rogan, who leans right but holds fairly heterodox political views, interviewed Mr. Trump and endorsed him on the election’s eve. 2024 November 8, Cameron Joseph, “Democrats begin soul-searching – and finger-pointing – after devastating loss”, in The Christian Science Monitor:
   • Do you believe such people are happy in the other world, sir? {...} I declined answering Mrs. Dean’s question, which struck me as something heterodox. 1847, Emily Brontë, chapter XVI, in Wuthering Heights:
   • Most Christian denominations consider each other heterodox.
2. (not-comparable) Beliefs contrary to the general consensus.

Antonyms

homodox · orthodox

Deriveds

heterodoxness · heterodoxic · heterodoxical · heterodoxly

Relateds

nonorthogonal · heretical · outside the box · hetero- · heterodoxy

Synonyms

nonorthodox · unorthodox · inorthodox

Translations (25)

cmn 異端的 /异端的 (of or pertaining to creeds, beliefs, or teachings that are different from the norm) · ru неортодокса́льный (of or pertaining to creeds, beliefs, or teachings that are different from the norm) · el αλλόδοξος (of or pertaining to creeds, beliefs, or teachings that are different from the norm) · be неартадаксальны (of or pertaining to creeds, beliefs, or teachings that are different from the norm) · sv heterodox (of or pertaining to creeds, beliefs, or teachings that are different from the norm) · bg неправоверен (of or pertaining to creeds, beliefs, or teachings that are different from the norm) · it eretico (of or pertaining to creeds, beliefs, or teachings that are different from the norm) · xcl այլափառ (of or pertaining to creeds, beliefs, or teachings that are different from the norm) · fi eriuskoinen (of or pertaining to creeds, beliefs, or teachings that are different from the norm) · it eterodosso (of or pertaining to creeds, beliefs, or teachings that are different from the norm) · fi heterodoksinen (of or pertaining to creeds, beliefs, or teachings that are different from the norm) · it dissidente (of or pertaining to creeds, beliefs, or teachings that are different from the norm) · de heterodox (of or pertaining to creeds, beliefs, or teachings that are different from the norm) · fr hétérodoxe (of or pertaining to creeds, beliefs, or teachings that are different from the norm) · it scismatico (of or pertaining to creeds, beliefs, or teachings that are different from the norm) · es heterodoxo (of or pertaining to creeds, beliefs, or teachings that are different from the norm) · it dissenziente (of or pertaining to creeds, beliefs, or teachings that are different from the norm) · ja 異端な (of or pertaining to creeds, beliefs, or teachings that are different from the norm) · eu heterodoxo (of or pertaining to creeds, beliefs, or teachings that are different from the norm) · bg еретичен (of or pertaining to creeds, beliefs, or teachings that are different from the norm) · gl heterodoxo (of or pertaining to creeds, beliefs, or teachings that are different from the norm) · ga heitreadocsach (of or pertaining to creeds, beliefs, or teachings that are different from the norm) · ca heterodox (of or pertaining to creeds, beliefs, or teachings that are different from the norm) · pt heterodoxo (of or pertaining to creeds, beliefs, or teachings that are different from the norm) · sv irrlärig (of or pertaining to creeds, beliefs, or teachings that are different from the norm)