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heterodoxy

UK/ˈhɛtɛɹədɒksi/

heterodoxy noun: the quality of being heterodox.

Noun

heterodoxy (countable and uncountable, plural heterodoxies)

  1. (uncountable) The quality of being heterodox.
  2. (countable) A heterodox belief, creed, or teaching.
    • A genuine first-hand religious experience like this is bound to be a heterodoxy to its witnesses, the prophet appearing as a mere lonely madman.1902, William James, “Lectures XIV and XV: The Value of Saintliness”, in The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature […] , New York, N.Y.; London: Longmans, Green, and Co. […]...
    Antonyms:
    orthodoxy

heterodoxy meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Kannada

heterodoxy in Tamil

மாற்றுக் கோட்பாடு, பழமை மறுப்பு

heterodoxy in Urdu

آزاد خیالی, غیردقیانوسی, خارجیت

heterodoxy in Kannada

ಸಂಪ್ರದಾಯ ವಿರೋಧ, ಅಸಂಪ್ರದಾಯಕತೆ, ಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ ವಿರೋಧ, ಶಾಸ್ತ್ರಸಮ್ಮತವಲ್ಲದಿರುವುದು

Antonyms of heterodoxy

Forms of heterodoxy

pluralheterodoxies

Origin of heterodoxy

From Ancient Greek ἑτεροδοξία (heterodoxía).

Questions about heterodoxy

What does heterodoxy mean?
Heterodoxy means the quality of being heterodox.
What is heterodoxy in Tamil?
Heterodoxy in Tamil is மாற்றுக் கோட்பாடு, பழமை மறுப்பு. See Heterodoxy meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is heterodoxy?
Heterodoxy is a noun.
How do you pronounce heterodoxy?
Heterodoxy is pronounced /ˈhɛtɛɹədɒksi/ (UK).
What is the plural of heterodoxy?
The plural of heterodoxy is heterodoxies.

Words near heterodoxy in the dictionary

  1. heterodoxies
  2. heterodoxist
  3. heterodoxists
  4. heterodoxly
  5. heterodoxness
  6. heterodoxy
  7. heterodromous
  8. heterodromy
  9. heteroduplex
  10. heteroduplexed
  11. heteroduplexes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: heterodoxy (page history and authors); heterodoxy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); heterodoxy (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); heterodoxy (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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