Most Christian denominations consider each other heterodox.
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Heterodox
//ˈhɛt.ɚ.əˌdɑks//
Synonyms for "heterodox" (116 found)
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Adjective(4 words)
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25 translations across 18 languages.
Basque
1 entries- heterodoxo adj (of or pertaining to creeds, beliefs, or teachings that are different from the norm)
Belarusian
1 entries- неартадаксальны adj (of or pertaining to creeds, beliefs, or teachings that are different from the norm)
Bulgarian
2 entries- еретичен adj (of or pertaining to creeds, beliefs, or teachings that are different from the norm)
- неправоверен adj (of or pertaining to creeds, beliefs, or teachings that are different from the norm)
Catalan
1 entries- heterodox adj (of or pertaining to creeds, beliefs, or teachings that are different from the norm)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 異端的 /异端的 adj (of or pertaining to creeds, beliefs, or teachings that are different from the norm)
Finnish
2 entries- eriuskoinen adj (of or pertaining to creeds, beliefs, or teachings that are different from the norm)
- heterodoksinen adj (of or pertaining to creeds, beliefs, or teachings that are different from the norm)
French
1 entries- hétérodoxe adj (of or pertaining to creeds, beliefs, or teachings that are different from the norm)
Galician
1 entries- heterodoxo adj (of or pertaining to creeds, beliefs, or teachings that are different from the norm)
German
1 entries- heterodox adj (of or pertaining to creeds, beliefs, or teachings that are different from the norm)
Greek
1 entries- αλλόδοξος adj (of or pertaining to creeds, beliefs, or teachings that are different from the norm)
Irish
1 entries- heitreadocsach adj (of or pertaining to creeds, beliefs, or teachings that are different from the norm)
Italian
4 entries- dissenziente adj (of or pertaining to creeds, beliefs, or teachings that are different from the norm)
- dissidente adj (of or pertaining to creeds, beliefs, or teachings that are different from the norm)
- eretico adj (of or pertaining to creeds, beliefs, or teachings that are different from the norm)
- eterodosso adj (of or pertaining to creeds, beliefs, or teachings that are different from the norm)
Japanese
1 entries- 異端な adj (of or pertaining to creeds, beliefs, or teachings that are different from the norm)
Old Armenian
1 entries- այլափառ adj (of or pertaining to creeds, beliefs, or teachings that are different from the norm)
Portuguese
1 entries- heterodoxo adj (of or pertaining to creeds, beliefs, or teachings that are different from the norm)
Russian
1 entries- неортодокса́льный adj (of or pertaining to creeds, beliefs, or teachings that are different from the norm)
Spanish
1 entries- heterodoxo adj (of or pertaining to creeds, beliefs, or teachings that are different from the norm)
Swedish
2 entries- heterodox adj (of or pertaining to creeds, beliefs, or teachings that are different from the norm)
- irrlärig adj (of or pertaining to creeds, beliefs, or teachings that are different from the norm)
Sample sentences
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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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[Podcast host] Mr. [Joe] Rogan, who leans right but holds fairly heterodox political views, interviewed Mr. Trump and endorsed him on the election’s eve.
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