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heterodoxy


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Heterodoxy  \Het"er*o*dox`y\,  n.  [Gr.  ?:  cf  F. 
  h['e]t['e]rodoxie.] 
  An  opinion  or  doctrine,  or  a  system  of  doctrines,  contrary  to 
  some  established  standard  of  faith,  as  the  Scriptures,  the 
  creed  or  standards  of  a  church,  etc.;  heresy.  --Bp.  Bull. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  heterodoxy 
  n  1:  any  opinions  or  doctrines  at  variance  with  the  official  or 
  orthodox  position  [syn:  {unorthodoxy},  {heresy}]  [ant:  {orthodoxy}] 
  2:  the  quality  of  being  unorthodox  [syn:  {unorthodoxy}]  [ant:  {orthodoxy}] 




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