Any opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or orthodox position

• Non-traditional beliefs
• The quality of being unorthodox
• Unconventional ideas

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1650s, from Greek heterodoxia "error of opinion," from heterodoxos (see heterodox ).

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Heterodoxy was the name adopted by a feminist debating group in Greenwich Village in the early 20th century. It was notable for providing a forum for the development of more radical conceptions of feminism than the suffrage and women's club movements of ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. any opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or orthodox position [syn: unorthodoxy , heresy ] [ant: orthodoxy ] the quality of being unorthodox [syn: unorthodoxy ] [ant: orthodoxy ]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The quality of being heterodox. 2 A heterodox belief, creed, or teaching.

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Heterodoxy \Het"er*o*dox`y\, n. [Gr. ?: cf. F. h['e]t['e]rodoxie.] An opinion or doctrine, or a system of doctrines, contrary to some established standard of faith, as the Scriptures, the creed or standards of a church, etc.; heresy. --Bp. Bull. ...