Definition for Heterodoxy:

• An unorthodox or uncommon doctrine or opinion; heresy.

Synonyms for Heterodoxy:

• n.

  •difference of opinion (noun)
  • dissidence.
  •dissent (noun)
  • conflict,
  • discord,
  • denial,
  • bone of contention,
  • difference,
  • objection,
  • disaccord,
  • protest,
  • disunity,
  • split,
  • hassle,
  • schism,
  • dissension,
  • spat,
  • contention,
  • strife,
  • variance,
  • opposition,
  • bone.
  •dissidence (noun)
  • discordance,
  • disagreement,
  • disharmony,
  • rupture,
  • feud,
  • dispute.
  •heresy (noun)
  • apostasy,
  • atheism,
  • blasphemy,
  • error,
  • fallacy,
  • disbelief,
  • divergence,
  • sin,
  • impiety,
  • defection.
  •materialism (noun)
  • Physicism,
  • utilitarianism,
  • pragmatism.
  •nonconformity (noun)
  • uniqueness,
  • disaffection,
  • breach,
  • violation,
  • disobedience,
  • insubordination,
  • noncompliance,
  • rejection,
  • unruliness,
  • recalcitrance,
  • veto,
  • disapproval,
  • originality,
  • eccentricity,
  • disapprobation,
  • negation,
  • exception.
  •sectarianism (noun)
  • heathenism,
  • Denominationalist,
  • bohemian,
  • factionalism,
  • non-orthodoxy,
  • non-belief,
  • idolatry,
  • demonolatry,
  • non-religiousness,
  • iconolatry,
  • barbarism,
  • pantheistic,
  • demonism,
  • fetishism.

• Other synonyms:

  •Other relevant words:
  • fault,
  • orientation,
  • nonconformance,
  • illusion,
  • incompatibility,
  • sacrilege,
  • ambivalence,
  • disproportion,
  • asymmetry,
  • Self-contradiction,
  • misinterpretation,
  • perversion,
  • delusion,
  • misfeasance,
  • dream,
  • heterodox,
  • incongruity,
  • oxymoron,
  • fable,
  • flaw,
  • misconstruction,
  • errancy,
  • aberration,
  • Antinomy,
  • profanation,
  • hallucination,
  • ambiguity,
  • untruth,
  • insanity,
  • falsity,
  • backsliding,
  • Misjudgment,
  • distortion,
  • wrong,
  • deviation,
  • inconsistency,
  • falseness,
  • fancy,
  • false light,
  • paradox,
  • misapplication,
  • misleading,
  • Heathendom,
  • bias.

Antonyms for Heterodoxy:

• n.

  • attribute
    orthodoxy.
  • dissent
    sanction, approval, endorsement, agreement, concurrence, ratification, authorization.
  • dissidence
    peace, harmony.
  • materialism
    spiritualism.
  • nonconformity
    obedience, conformity, compliance.

Heterodoxy Sentence Examples:

• There is something inexpressibly mean in a man countenancing the persecution of his fellow creatures for heterodoxy, while he himself secretly held opinions more heterodox than any of those whom he helped to persecute.

• I might, so I believed, have trusted entirely to these facts to persuade the Archdeacon to give up the idea of communicating Miss Pettigrew's lapse into heterodoxy to the Archbishop.

Hypernym for Heterodoxy:

• n.

  • attribute
    unconventionality, nonconformity.

Hyponym for Heterodoxy:

• n.

  • attribute
    originality.