1
as in dissident
deviating from commonly accepted beliefs or practices
a Christian clergyman with a very heterodox opinion on the divinity of Jesus
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as in unconventional
not rigidly following established form, custom, or rules
her heterodox approach to teaching science initially met with some resistance from her peers
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In Saito’s heterodox reading, there are two Marxes, only one of whom is correct.
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E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2024
The company recruited some big name writers from other media outlets such as Glenn Greenwald, Matthew Yglesias, Andrew Sullivan, Bari Weiss and Heather Cox Richardson, many of whom champion free speech, heterodox thinking and broad discourse.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2024
But Thiel is a good fit with the more heterodox elements of the New Right.
—Michelle Orange, Harper's Magazine, 3 Nov. 2023
Latinos are more complicated and more heterodox than people give them credit for.
—Jp Brammer, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2023
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E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2024
The company recruited some big name writers from other media outlets such as Glenn Greenwald, Matthew Yglesias, Andrew Sullivan, Bari Weiss and Heather Cox Richardson, many of whom champion free speech, heterodox thinking and broad discourse.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2024
But Thiel is a good fit with the more heterodox elements of the New Right.
—Michelle Orange, Harper's Magazine, 3 Nov. 2023
Latinos are more complicated and more heterodox than people give them credit for.
—Jp Brammer, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2023
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“Heterodox.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heterodox. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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