heterodox
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἑτερόδοξος (heteródoxos), from ἕτερος (héteros, “other, another, different”) + δόξα (dóxa, “opinion”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhɛtɛɹədɒks/
Adjective
heterodox (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to creeds, beliefs, or teachings, especially religious ones, that are different from orthodoxy, or the norm, but not sufficiently different to be called heretical.
- The Church of Alexandria in Egypt is considered heterodox, not heretical.
- 1847, Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights, chapter XVI:
- Do you believe such people are happy in the other world, sir? {...} I declined answering Mrs. Dean’s question, which struck me as something heterodox.
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Translations
of or pertaining to creeds, beliefs, or teachings that are different from the norm
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Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French hétérodoxe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌɦeː.tə.roːˈdɔks/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: he‧te‧ro‧dox
- Rhymes: -ɔks
Adjective
heterodox (not comparable)
- heterodox (deviating from some orthodoxy, whether religious or ideological)
Inflection
Inflection of heterodox | ||||
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uninflected | heterodox | |||
inflected | heterodoxe | |||
comparative | — | |||
positive | ||||
predicative/adverbial | heterodox | |||
indefinite | m./f. sing. | heterodoxe | ||
n. sing. | heterodox | |||
plural | heterodoxe | |||
definite | heterodoxe | |||
partitive | heterodox |
Antonyms
Romanian
Adjective
heterodox m or n (feminine singular heterodoxă, masculine plural heterodocși, feminine and neuter plural heterodoxe)
- Alternative form of eterodox
Declension
Declension of heterodox
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative | indefinite | heterodox | heterodoxă | heterodocși | heterodoxe | ||
definite | heterodoxul | heterodoxa | heterodocșii | heterodoxele | |||
genitive/ dative | indefinite | heterodox | heterodoxe | heterodocși | heterodoxe | ||
definite | heterodoxului | heterodoxei | heterodocșilor | heterodoxelor |
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