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heterodoxy

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈhɛtɛɹədɒksi/
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  • CMU ARPABET: HH EH1 T ER0 AH0 D AA2 K S IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The quality of being heterodox.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: unorthodoxy, heterodoxy, orthodoxy, homodoxy

2

noun

Meaning 2

A heterodox belief, creed, or teaching.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: orthodoxy

3

noun

Meaning 3

the quality of being unorthodox

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: unorthodoxy

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: originality

Narrower terms: unconventionality, nonconformity

4

noun

Meaning 4

any opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or orthodox position

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: unorthodoxy, heresy

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: orientation

Narrower terms: iconoclasm, nonconformity, nonconformism, nonconformance

History

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἑτεροδοξία (heterodoxía).

Across languages

Translations

33 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: друговерие (drugoverie) — quality of being heterodox
  • Catalan: heterodòxia — quality of being heterodox
  • Dutch: heterodoxie — quality of being heterodox
  • Dutch: onrechtszekerheid — quality of being heterodox
  • Finnish: heterodoksia — quality of being heterodox
  • Finnish: heterodoksisuus — quality of being heterodox
  • French: hétérodoxie — quality of being heterodox
  • Ido: heterodoxeso — quality of being heterodox
  • Irish: heitreadocsacht — quality of being heterodox
  • Italian: eterodossia — quality of being heterodox
  • Japanese: 異端 (itan) — quality of being heterodox
  • Japanese: ヘテロドキシー (heterodokishī) — quality of being heterodox
  • Spanish: heterodoxia — quality of being heterodox
  • Swedish: irrlärighet — quality of being heterodox
  • Swedish: heterodoxi — quality of being heterodox
  • Turkish: aykırılık — quality of being heterodox
  • Volapük: pölalekred — quality of being heterodox
  • Welsh: anuniongrededd — quality of being heterodox
  • Bulgarian: ерес (eres) — heterodox belief, creed, or teaching
  • Dutch: ketterij — heterodox belief, creed, or teaching
  • Dutch: dwaalleer — heterodox belief, creed, or teaching
  • Finnish: heterodoksia — heterodox belief, creed, or teaching
  • Finnish: heterodoksisuus — heterodox belief, creed, or teaching
  • French: hétérodoxie — heterodox belief, creed, or teaching
  • German: Andersgläubigkeit — heterodox belief, creed, or teaching
  • German: Irrglaube — heterodox belief, creed, or teaching
  • German: Heterodoxie — heterodox belief, creed, or teaching
  • Japanese: 異端 (itan) — heterodox belief, creed, or teaching
  • Japanese: ヘテロドキシー (heterodokishī) — heterodox belief, creed, or teaching
  • Polish: heterodoksja — heterodox belief, creed, or teaching
  • Swedish: irrlära — heterodox belief, creed, or teaching
  • Swedish: heterodoxi — heterodox belief, creed, or teaching
  • Turkish: heterodoks — heterodox belief, creed, or teaching