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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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But Thiel is a good fit with the more heterodox elements of the New Right.
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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
Trump has been a disrupter, and his policies, informed by his heterodox perspective, have set in motion a series of long-overdue corrections.
—Nadia Schadlow, Foreign Affairs, 11 Aug. 2020
Justice and The Donald do have plenty of similarities: the wealth, the businesses, the heterodox populist rhetoric driving their electoral successes.
—Andrew Donaldson, Washington Examiner, 5 May 2023
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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
Trump has been a disrupter, and his policies, informed by his heterodox perspective, have set in motion a series of long-overdue corrections.
—Nadia Schadlow, Foreign Affairs, 11 Aug. 2020
Justice and The Donald do have plenty of similarities: the wealth, the businesses, the heterodox populist rhetoric driving their electoral successes.
—Andrew Donaldson, Washington Examiner, 5 May 2023
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“Heterodox.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heterodox. Accessed 2 Oct. 2024.
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