heterodoxy

2 definitions found

heterodoxy - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
     [1913 Webster]

heterodoxy - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  heterodoxy
      n 1: any opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or
           orthodox position [syn: unorthodoxy, heterodoxy,
           heresy] [ant: orthodoxy]
      2: the quality of being unorthodox [syn: unorthodoxy,
         heterodoxy] [ant: orthodoxy]