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heterodox
adjective
Synonyms and Antonyms of HETERODOX
1
deviating from commonly accepted beliefs or practices <a Christian clergyman with a very heterodox opinion on the divinity of Jesus>
Synonyms dissentient, dissenting, dissident, heterodox, iconoclastic, maverick, nonconformist, nonorthodox, out-there, unconventional, unorthodox
Related Words free-spirited, freethinking, nontraditional; apostate, defecting, renegade; schismatic (also schismatical), sectarian, separatist
2
not rigidly following established form, custom, or rules <her heterodox approach to teaching science initially met with some resistance from her peers>
Related Words unauthorized, unofficial; casual, easygoing, familiar, free and easy, lax, loose, offhand, relaxed, ultracasual
Near Antonyms correct, decorous, proper; constrained, inhibited, restrained, rigid, stiff, stuffy, uptight
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