Definition of heterodox

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het·er·o·dox    (htr--dks) KEY  

ADJECTIVE:

1. Not in agreement with accepted beliefs, especially in church doctrine or dogma.
2. Holding unorthodox opinions.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Greek heterodoxos : hetero-, hetero- + doxa, opinion (from dokein, to think; see dek- in Indo-European roots)

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