heterodoxy

From Ancient Greek ἑτεροδοξία (heterodoxía).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈhɛtɛɹədɒksi/

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heterodoxy (countable and uncountable, plural heterodoxies)

1. (uncountable) The quality of being heterodox.
2. (countable) A heterodox belief, creed, or teaching.
   • 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. […], →OCLC, page 337:

     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.

• orthodoxy