Synonyms for heterodoxy
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : het-er-uh-dok-see |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɛt ər əˌdɒk si |
Top 10 synonyms for heterodoxy Other synonyms for the word heterodoxy
- apostasy
- atheism
- bad vibes
- bohemianism
- bone
- bone of contention
- bone to pick
- breach
- clinker
- conflict
- contention
- contumaciousness
- defection
- denial
- difference
- disaccord
- disaffection
- disagreement
- disapprobation
- disapproval
- disbelief
- discordance
- disharmony
- disobedience
- dispeace
- dispute
- dissent
- dissidence
- divergence
- eccentricity
- error
- exception
- far cry
- feud
- flak
- hassle
- heresy
- heterodoxy
- iconoclasm
- impiety
- infidelity
- insubordination
- lawlessness
- misbelief
- mutinousness
- negation
- nonacceptance
- nonagreement
- noncompliance
- nonconcurrence
- nonconformism
- nonconformity
- nonconsent
- nope
- objection
- opposition
- originality
- paganism
- physicism
- poles apart
- pragmatism
- recalcitrance
- recusance
- recusancy
- refusal
- rejection
- revisionism
- rupture
- sectarianism
- secularism
- sin
- sour note
- spat
- split
- strangeness
- transgressiveness
- unconventionality
- uniqueness
- unorthodoxy
- unruliness
- utilitarianism
- variance
- veto
- violation
Définition of heterodoxy
Origin :- 1650s, from Greek heterodoxia "error of opinion," from heterodoxos (see heterodox).
- As in nonconformity : noun belief, behavior different from most
- As in materialism : noun desire for possessions
- As in dissent : noun disagreement, disapproval
- As in dissidence : noun difference of opinion
- As in heresy : noun unorthodox opinion, especially in religious matters
- Heterodoxy in details of faith is rampant, and is no obstacle to Christian fellowship.
- Extract from : « Mountain Meditations » by L. Lind-af-Hageby
- And so you are satisfied that false opinion is heterodoxy, or the thought of something else?
- Extract from : « Theaetetus » by Plato
- Then, you will remember, you were in great pain because of the heterodoxy of George Holland.
- Extract from : « Phyllis of Philistia » by Frank Frankfort Moore
- He retorted by animadverting upon the preacher's heterodoxy.
- Extract from : « Ghetto Comedies » by Israel Zangwill
- His bad name for heterodoxy had been made worse by his favorite studies.
- Extract from : « Wenderholme » by Philip Gilbert Hamerton
- Professor of history at Upsala, he was once accused of heterodoxy, but acquitted.
- Extract from : « Sweden » by Victor Nilsson
- He is said to have suffered imprisonment for his heterodoxy.
- Extract from : « A Biographical Dictionary of Freethinkers of All Ages and Nations » by Joseph Mazzini Wheeler
- Any aggregate of composition other than this is a heterodoxy.
- Extract from : « The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha » by Madhava Acharya
- Despite his heterodoxy, faults, and weaknesses, Clare was a man with a conscience.
- Extract from : « Tess of the d'Urbervilles » by Thomas Hardy
- Society was saturated with clericalism, and a taint of heterodoxy was more dangerous than one of disloyalty.
- Extract from : « South America Observations and Impressions » by James Bryce
Antonyms for heterodoxy
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