MEANING
At odds with established beliefs or orthodox teaching.
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- heterodox view
- heterodox interpretation
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The scholar defended a heterodox interpretation.
His heterodox views alarmed the council.
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Primary category: literary. Forms: Comparative more heterodox; superlative most heterodox where gradation is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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